STILL PINNED DOWN
NAZI DRIVE ON OREL FRONT Rec 9 a.m. LONDON, July 12. The latest front-line reports state that the German drive on the Orel front, which began last Saturday after the failure of the Byelgorod offensive, is still pinned down, says the British United Press correspondent in Moscow. Increasingly violent battles continue on both the Orel and the Byelgorod fronts. Russian counter-attacks are being launched in growing frequency and strength.
The German losses in the first week are estimated at 2600 tanks, 1100 planes, and 40,000 men. The German tactics on both fronts have undergone a change. Instead of throwing about 400 tanks into a narrow sector they are now dive-bombing the Russians before attacking, using formations of 80 to 100 planes, after which tank units numbering from 12 to 100 are sent in.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 11, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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136STILL PINNED DOWN Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 11, 13 July 1943, Page 5
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