GAIN IN BATTLE FOR SMOLENSK
Another Stronghold Falls RUSSIANS PUSH ONWARD ON ALL FRONTS LONDON, September 20. The Red Army today captured the important town and stronghold of Velizh, 75 miles north-west of Smolensk. It is estimated that about 250,000 troops are locked in battle in the Smolensk defence zone. One of the spearheads of the Ukraine'offensive is now only a few miles from the Kiev-Gomel railway. In the south the Russians advanced to a point 1 3 miles from Melitopol, which stands on the Germans’ sole escape railway from the Crimea. They have cut the railway linking the two main centres on the Dnieper elbow. Advances of from four to 16 miles were made on all the offensive fronts. Tonight’s communique announces the occupation of more than 1 1 30 localities, making a total in the past three days of over 3000, including a great number of towns and railway junctions.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 307, 22 September 1943, Page 7
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