AT A STANDSTILL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 April 1943, Page 3

AT A STANDSTILL

GERMAN ATTACKING FORCES ON DONETZ RUSSIANS MAKING FRESH DISPOSITIONS. PREPARATIONS FOR FURTHER VIOLENT FIGHTING. LONDON, April 11. German attempts Io force a crossing of the Donetz have diminished to sporadic artillery fire. The enemy is at a standstill. Mr Paul Winterton, the London “News-Chronicle’s" Moscow representative, says the Germans have probably given up the idea of trying to force a break through and are now looking for a weak spot in the Russian defences. The Russians are taking advantage of the lull to make fresh * troop dispositions and to bring up supplies ready for violent fighting in the future. The Germans are making repeated air attacks on communications behind the Red Army’s lines. MINOR ACTIONS SOVIET SUCCESSES & GAINS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) RUGBY, April 11. A Soviet communique states: ‘•South of Byeloi a German unit attempted to penetrate into our rear. Theo attempt was frustrated and the Germans suffered losses. In another sector of the central front the Germans attempted to regain lost positions. The plan failed and one enemy infantry company was wiped out. “A Soviet partisan group, operatingin the Orel area, attacked a German garrison, wiped out 200 enemy troops and captured a large quantity of booty. Another group, operating in the same area, derailed an enemy military train and many Germans were killed or wounded.”