THE ATTACK ON RUSSIA

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23362, 23 June 1941, Page 1

THE ATTACK ON RUSSIA

' V•' rV' rIibNPQN; June' 221' • '-nops■■•()£’ 'the .. .actual r ; : between,, 'the ■ 1 .['One; re- - port, says/that German mechanised,- forces. hay e, .begun: to ?: move The Ger- . ..mansclaim,./that"--.an-'attempted • •Russian/air. attack 1 on East-'Prus- . s]a was-.-: repulsedwith ;,hCavy • losses, \anU:vtfet ; -./Rfed bombers- were shot down. : • l ln , London --it--is -stated that • ■thev.German ‘attack -was -not' ,unexpected.' -Ifcis pointed ouf that; ■ • because hhe - careful prepai-a- ---' ition-- necessary, -'.it-'- must?: have, ,'. .bean- part -.qf; at^weliidesigned ■plan,, the ullhnate ; aim 'of Which is : the : defeat'itof'. . democracy ■ ’everywhere. ; :Gern)any; it .is ;;, stated,- ha?rturned a neutral . Power:' irrto. l an':hnemy' by ,coid- . 'blooded'- ■; ,th a;h,; -diminishjife 'Btilairi’s eJfcGsG the : . v newatt|ick:.isVni6re. • ■likely^toilead l , tov an.'iriteh’sifl’ca/'tjon/bf which ; , :;ha3,/now'„cc)ihsnded' ‘fomnearly a. ( i:^■’ l ,■•!. ' V *.•.•;••:• . ' v ~ / LONDON; June 22. : 7 'A/ciiqnmdHidue' Rdflae- ‘; says - the itahansihavg '.evacuated Jimina',. Ip • Abyssinia,: after, de- ,/ Glaring it,an open town - ..in .order , ■ ''tctiavoid.- ciamage ; to', private ;pro-. ••/perty, 'and" injury to" ciyUiiails. l)aUaps left a-siflall; gartrisQii ■tor hand'/thh- town 'dver'td the • • British: .