SHOT TO SHREDS
Fiercely-resisting German Units
On Dnieper
10 T6 15 MEN IN COMPANIES
Rec. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 16. Moscow radio stated that repoi ts from the area south and south-west nf Rvechitsa, showed that Soviet troops are constantly enlarging their hrideehead on the right bank of the nniener River. The Germans are by 6l desper^e D °counter-attacks, 'are l-pnelled with huge enemy losses. Prisoners from* one tank division stated that from 10 to 15. men were left in each of the companies of then divisfon and the entire division had ° n A an infantry regiment said his battalion was transferred from Holland a month ago. wis company no longer existed, although it had been reinforced twice in A h Ge?man™ iSomatic rifleman who taken prisoner said his commander impressed upon them that the fate of Germany would be decided in White Russia and urged his men not to yie l ' 1 .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 17 November 1943, Page 5
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