“PARCHED EARTH”
RUSSIAN THOROUGHNESS. HARDSHIPS ON THE CERMANS. EATING CATS ANT) DOGS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 5. A Moscow communique states : “Thir-ty-five prisoners taken in the direction of By el a Taerkov said that they had subsisted on cats, dogs and field mice and had been tortured by thirst, because the peasants had destroyed everything, including the wells. Soviet planes gave them no rest day or night,* so they were unable to dig wells. —British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 252, 6 August 1941, Page 5
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