FOR RIVER BUG
BATTLE LOOMS CLOSER Eec. 12.45 p.m. RUGBY, Jan. 5. The Dnieper battle has reached_a further stage and the battle for the Biver Bug has come into closer perspective by the capture of Belaya Tserkov, states a Moscow message. This Soviet victory made the position of the Germans, who have been hold^ ing the right bank of the Dnieper from the southern environs of Kiev to the small Soviet bridgehead south of Fersyaslav, more critical. Belaya Tserkov was the centre of a fortified zone with permanent ferroconcrete defences and "steel pill-boxes of portable type. The Germans had built up similar areas at Kanev and Rzhishehev, on the right bank of the Dnieper, "but their military value slumped after the loss of Belaya Tserkov. ■ . ■ _ South-west of this sector the Russians have accelerated their advance towards the River Bug after the capture of Pliskov had disorganised German defences.—B.O.W..
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440106.2.35.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 5
Word Count
148FOR RIVER BUG Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.