ALONG ALMOST WHOLE LENGTH OF EASTERN FRONT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 January 1943, Page 3

ALONG ALMOST WHOLE LENGTH OF EASTERN FRONT

Germans Report Heavy Fighting in Leningrad Area RUSSIANS GAIN NEW BRIDGEHEAD BETWEEN RZHEV AND VORONEZH ATTACKING FRONTS IN SOUTH BEING LINKED UP LONDON, January 15. Russian pressure against the enemy is reported along almost the whole length of the Eastern front. At Leningrad, the Germans report heavy fighting, but Moscow says nothing of this area today. On the central front, south-west of Velikiye Luki, the Russians have repelled more German counter-attacks. An unofficial report from Moscow says that south of Rzhev, between there and Voronezh, Russian tanks and cavalry have won a river bridgehead. Moscow says nothing about the Voronezh area, but the Germans still speak of strong Russian attacks. Voronezh is the pivot between the northern and southern halves of the whole front. Correspondents give a picture of the front. The Soviet paper “Izvestia” prints a map of the whole sector where the —■ Red Army has won so many notable successes in recent weeks. This shows one continuous area, 250 miles each way, where several battles formerly widely separated from the Russian point of view, at Stalingrad, the Don and the Caucasus, are being steadily linked up and welded together.