RED OBJECTIVE
TWO IMPORTANT CENTRES.
STRONG ATTACKS ADMITTED.
MAY BE PREPARING FOR WITHDRAWAL,
(N.Z. Press Association-—Copyright.) (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 16. Gomel will prohahly not be completely deprived of railway communication by the Russian drive from the south across the main route west of Ryechitsa, as another railway running north-west of Zhalobin and Bobruisk may still be available to the enemy, hut a simultaneous advance north and south of the Pripet Marshes threatens the German position along the Dnieper in between. The Russians are evidently aiming at Korosten and Ovruch, on the main line, between Korosten and Mozr. If they capture Ovruch, from which they are only 15 or 20 miles distant, they will deprive the .Germans between the Gomel area of all communications except such roads as cross that part of the Pripet Marshes. The German announcement of strong Russian attacks near Krovoi Rog may be designed to prepare the way to a withdrawal from the Dnieper Bend.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 32, 17 November 1943, Page 3
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