UNORTHODOX MOVES SORE TRIAL TO NAZIS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 171, 22 July 1941, Page 7

UNORTHODOX MOVES SORE TRIAL TO NAZIS

ever kept guessing

Rear Attacks When Falling Into Ambush United Press Association.—Copyright. Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, July 21.

Current Russian successes are ascribable, according to "The Times" correspondent on the German frontier, to the Russians' unorthodox methods in offering the most stubborn resistance long after, under all recognised standards, they should have accepted defeat. This makes the Germans uncertain when they can safely proceed. A favourite trick is to let the panzer divisions through, after which Russian armoured forces emerge from - concealment and attack the German - infantry, who have been led to be- ? lieve that the way was clear. : Russian tanks and motorised units frequently join up with the Germans I at dusk and follow them on until the ■ precise moment for firing on them , from the rear—usually just as the Germans advance Into an ambush. The Germans are thus taken unawares and enter two murderous fires at point-blank range. Chaos follows, but the Russians recover more quickly because they have not been surprised. The Germans admit that the Russians show an uncanny faculty for adapting themselves to any change in German tactics. The Independent French Agency says the Germans require more troops to hold down the invaded territory, and for this reason have asked Italy to send an expeditionary corps of at least ten divisions, and have also asked the Rumanians to mobilise more men and materials. The Russians in Bessarabia have apparently completed a withdrawal on a substantial part of the Dniester front, but there is no evidence to support the German claims that Axis forces are pursuing the defeated Russians. On the contrary, it appears that the Russians, where they have withdrawn on this front, have | done so under sufficient rearguard actions. A Moscow communique says that ! stubborn fighting continued through- ' out the night in the Polotosk and ' Neval, Smolensk and NovogradVolynsk sectors. There were no significant developments elsewhere. The Russian Air Force on Monday destroyed 31 enemy aircraft for the loss of six.