SOUTHERN ATTACK
THREE RUSSIAN COLUMNS Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, July 27. Reuters Moscow correspondent says that three Russian columns are battling from the south towards Orel. The biggest Russian advance in the past twenty-four hours was made by a column moving up from the south along the Kursk-Orel railway. This column advanced eleven miles and reached Erovkina, only sixteen miles south of the city. The Germans now occupy only two more stations on this section of the line. The second Russian column from the south advanced five miles yesterday, and reached Khotetovo. twenty-one miles south of Orel. The third column, on the left flank, advanced six miles along the Kursk-Orel highway, and reached Lomovets. Today's German communique claims that the Germans repulsed several enemy attempts to break through east, south, and north of Orel. It is also reported that hard defensive battles occurred on the Kuban bridgehead, the Mius front, and south of Lake Ladoga.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 24, 28 July 1943, Page 3
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