NAZI FORCES IN FLIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 63, 11 September 1943, Page 7

NAZI FORCES IN FLIGHT

Rec. 11 a.m.

RUGBY, September 10,

A clean break-through east of Kiev is reported from Moscow. A Press message says the Germans are clinging to fragments of their shattered line, fighting hopelessly and unaware that their main, body has fled towards Priluki.

Mention of this town in last night's communique shows that the Russians may now be advancing not only towards Kiev but towards' the Dnieper crossing at Cherkasi. Priluki is 80 miles from both these: important objectives. ' ■

Isolated German garrisons were mopped up by Soviet special detachments. Other Russian forces swept on to the north-eastern approaches of Romny, half-way between Priluki and Sumy, where the Germans tried to reorganise their defence.

Elsewhere in this area the Russians reported continuing their advance but meeting' only small enemy groups.

Meanwhile the Russians have sud- R nie Pci" be»d > ™hile. the Russians , in. i t j . x , ■ , the north Ukraine, in addition to the deniy driven iorward towards drive against Kiev, fanned out in a Dnepropetrovsk. The capture of Dob- north-westerly direction towards ropolye yesterday brought them only says the German 20 miles south-east of Lozovaya, one defence system in the Kiev-Chernigov nf tlip iunrHmiK Tipliinrl tlio'VppPTitlv area is in a state approaching collapse, of me junctions behind the Recently- Reuter > s Moscow correspondent reestablished Kharkov-Poltava sector, ports that the Russians have -made a Here they are only 65 miles east new advance of over 20 miles beyond r r\ . ' • li i Bakhmach and are now striking ot the Dnieper at its elbow, and a against Nezhin, the last vital railway message this morning says, the dis- junction before Kiev, tnnn J o „ f- n •!„ J Berlin radio's commentator, Captain tance is now 60 miles. Sertorius, declared tonight: "Apparently the period of elastic warfare is not yet concluded in the Donets Basin," and added that after non-stop assaults the Red Army on the Bryansk front ' had again broken through. Hard fighting was going on at present in order to seal off the breach.

The advance due west along the railway through Krasnoarmeisk was continued to Udachnoe, 80 miles east, and Dnepropetrovsk. Thus the advance has been much faster across the northern half of the Donbas than across the southern.

The Germans in the coastal regions are being placed in the same danger which threatened and overtook their garrison at Taganrog. JVloreoyer, the Germans report a Russian landing on the coast of the Sea of Azov.

A Soviet communique states: "On September 10 the Soviet troops advanced successfully in the direction of Pavlograd for 15 to 20 miles and occupied the towns of Bervenko, Chaplino, Petrovskoe, Petropavloka, and Nezhivays and over 140 inhabited places. West and south-west of Stalino Soviet troops continued to develop their offensive, advanced from seven to 15 miles, and occupied Mariupol. North of Bryansk Soviet troops advanced from three to six miles and oc-

cupied 80 inhabited places. South of Bryansk they crossed the river Desna and occupied Kamen, Krimsky, and Bugor on the west bank. Fighting for the towns of Novgorod-Seversky is continuing. In the direction of Priluki Soviet troops advanced from seven to 12 miles and occupied over 80 places. South-west of Kharkov Soviet troops are fighting offensively to improve their positions. During September 9 Soviet troops on all fronts destroyed, or disabled 76 planes and 24 were shot down by airmen or anti-aircraft fire.

The capture" of Chaplino Jf-as brought the Russians to little more than 50 miles from the lower Dnieper at Zaporozhe. Chaplino is only 35 miles from the main trunk railway from Kharkov to the Crimea.—B.O.W.