DRAMATIC MOMENT

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 99, 22 January 1944, Page 5

DRAMATIC MOMENT

Scene Inside Leningrad LONDON, January 20. The Russians are thrilled with joy at the release of Leningrad, the second city of Russia, declares the British United Press Moscow correspondent, who describes how, during a performance at the Moscow Opera House, a man announced from the stage that the Red Army had broken through at Leningrad. The whole assembly went almost mad with excitement. ■ , , . A wave of heartfelt jubilation swept Leningrad when today the first, of the captured German siege guns, which had tormented the city for two months, was trailed through the streets. Men of the Red Army, passing through to join Govorov’s men south-west of Leningrad, were mobbed by delighted crowds. The Germans have lost more than 40,000 killed alone and 4000 captured during the six days of the Russian offensive on the Leningrad and Volkhov frc:.Vs, Moscow reports. cm the Volkhov front, 3000 Germans have 'been captured and more than 15,000 killed, the booty captured including 162 guns, 120 mortars, 635 machineguns, and 263 lorries. The Soviet troops destroyed 198 guns, 110 mortars, 355 machineguns, and 350 lorries. On the Leningrad front the Russians have captured 265 guns, 85 of Tjhich were the longrange types used for shelling Leningrad. The number of German dead on this front has increased to 25,000.