Firce Kharkov struggle
LONDON, .August 18. Russian forces in the Kharkov area have won farther successes in the face of fierce German counter-attacks. Tonight's Russian communique reports that Soviet troops overcame enemy resistance and pushed forward at some points to a distance of four and a half to six and a half miles.
They occupied more than 50 places, including a town 22 miles south-east of Kharkov and on the main line connecting the city with Izyum. The Red Army continued its offensive in the Bryansk region. ~ '
It advanced from four to five miles in some sectors and captured nine large villages and 30 small ones. It captured two ' railway stations, one 22 miles north-east of Bryansk and the other 20 miles to the east.
On other sectors the Russians carried out fighter reconnaissance and there were exchanges of artillery and mortar fire.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1943, Page 5
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