LARGE AREA RETAKEN
PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY TENS OF THOUSANDS DEAD / (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. Continuing his advance in the central sector, Marshal Timoshenko in two days recaptured 50 villages besides Yelnia, and and recovered an area of 250 square miles. Russian troops pushed 15 miles west of Yelnia. The Germans left in the fields and woods near Yelnia tens of thousands buried and unburied officers and men, ajid carried off equal numbers of wounded. The remnants of the German forces are being chased westward without respite.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 282, 10 September 1941, Page 5
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