NAZIS TRAPPED
WEST OF TAGANROG
Enemy Expected To Make Stand Near Mariupol
United Press Association Oopyrlgut. Rec. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 1. rv^Ti 16 Ge f man ? are still about 40 miles westward of Moscow at their Thp r^ t rr?iL P o? ac £u t< ? the capital, says wo i ?£ Stockholm correspondent. He adds that a large part of the German force retreating from Rostov / pas f ed Taganrog and is fhP ,i a stan d between tne mils and the coast near -Mariupol.
A considerable number of Germans are trapped on the tongue of land westward of Taganrog, where they are confronted with the difficult task. of crossing a narrow inlet to avoid isolation and capture. The Moscow radio declared that tne Germans have brought up several divisions in an effort to capture an important point on one of the southern sectors of the Karelian front, where the fighting is fiercer every day. The Germans so far have failed to take their objective-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 285, 2 December 1941, Page 7
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