MORE PROGRESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1943, Page 3

MORE PROGRESS

MADE BY THE RUSSIANS TOWARDS OREL ADVANCE UP THE RAILWAY FROM KURSK. FIGHTING ON LENINGRAD FRONT. LONDON, July 27. The Russians are making' more progress in their Orel offensive. They have captured a town 15 miles south of Orel on the railway running north from Kursk and have also taken another town south-west of Orel. Silence Jias now been broken by the Soviet Command regarding the recent fighting on the Leningrad front. For some days the Germans have been speaking of strong Russian attacks south o f ~ ke Ladoga. A Soviet communique states that in local battles Russian troops have improved their positions north of Mga, which is about ten miles south of Lake Ladoga. CONTINUED TOLL OF AXIS TANKS & PLANES. TAKEN BY RUSSIANS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) RUGBY, July 27. A Russian communique states: “Our troops advanced from 2| to four miles in the Orel area and occupied over 50 localities. In the direction of Byelgorod the Russians improved their positions and also on the Leningrad front, and there was intensified reconnaissance activity in! the Donetz Basin. “On July 26. on all fronts, the Russians destroyed or disabled 90 tanks. In air fights and by anti-aircraft Are, 44 German planes were shot down.”