WEST OF MOSCOW
SOME SIGNS OF SOVIET PREPARATION OFFENSIVE ANTICIPATED BY GERMANS. ACTIVITIES OF RUSSIAN GUERILLAS. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) LONDON, October 20. Russian forces are reported to be massing in an area forming a rough triangle between Rzhev, Vitebsk and Lake Ilmen, states “The Times” Stockholm correspondent. Berlin interprets the Russian movements as indicating a resumption of the offensive which paused before Rzhev. The correspondent says the ground generally is soft, and it is questionable whether a large-scale offensive is possible before the frosts, although the Russians have better railway approaches than in any other area. Russian troops in the Vitebsk region have been filtering through the German lines ever since the spring to reinforce guerillas in the forests and swamps. Russian planes drop ammunition and food, land in forest aerodromes and take off wounded. Guerillas are now very busy wrecking trains, attacking communications and ambushing German punitive expeditions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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155WEST OF MOSCOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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