HIGHLIGHTS IN DAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1943, Page 4

HIGHLIGHTS IN DAY

OF TREMENDOUS RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. NAZI ADMISSIONS & HOPES. (By Telegraph—-Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, September 24. Admissions by the Berlin radio that the Russians are attempting to cross the Dnieper at the confluence with the Desna, about a mile from Kiev, and that the Kuban area is finally lost and is being evacuated, provide the highlights of another day’s tremendous Russian successes. The Berlin radio’s military commentator, Captain Sertorius, who admitted that the Russians were within a mile of Kiev, stated that the Russians had also attempted to cross the Dnieper at its confluence with the Pripet River, 50 miles north of Kiev. He added: "Based •on the tremendous river barrage, the German armies will regroup, partly in front and partly behind the barrier. It is by no means certain that the German Fligh Command will allow the enemy to approach the Dnieper at all points before showing what can be done by combined modern military technique and an exploitation of ground conditions, which are excellent for defence strategy.” Declaring that detaching movements are continuing in various sectors, Captain Sertorius said: “Particularly north of the Sea of Azov, the Red Army has concentrated strong reserves, for a break-through to the Nogaisk steppe, but a powerful German counter-thrust east of Melitopol may have thrown the enemy’s plans into disarray.”