NAZI RESISTANCE STIFFENS
FIGHTING ON SMOLENSK FRONT THIRTY MORE PLACES CAPTURED Battle For Kharkov Reaches Climax More Progress In Briansk Sector London, August- 17. (JtTinan rosislanco on tln v Smolensk front, says a Moscow message, is stiffening Cn (In* Spas Demensk area. The Russians have captured :tO more places. Fighting in anil around Kharkov is still extremely violent and the Germans are making determined efforts to hold the city. Reserves of both infantry and '!j armoured forces are being rushed up. On the Briansk sector the Russians have made more progress and are now only 15 miles from the city alter advancing from live to nine miles. The advance on Briansk is being made on a 7 0-mile front and Soviet forces are now less than 20 miles from the Briansk-Kharkov railway. A correspondent states that Kharkov is being gradually encircled. Strong German counter-attacks are reported and the battle has reached its climax. Russian forces- arc one mile away in the north and only four miles in the south.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13227, 18 August 1943, Page 3
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