BAD NAZI PLIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1944, Page 5

BAD NAZI PLIGHT

Hungary In Danger

RAPID RED DRIVE

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)

Ree. 12.15 p.m. LONDON, December 5. Tolbukhin's twin objectives of over-runningl the remainder of Hungary and simultaneously smashing* the German armies before they retreat as far as Austria are nearly attained, says Renter's Moscow correspondent. The Russians south-west and south-east of Lake Balaton are systematically continuing to chop up the Hungarian" and German forces. Most 61 the advanced Russian units are only about 50 miles from Austria tonight, They have advanced 10 miles in the past 24 hours. Russian tanks thrusting- up the Danube highway are also covering the final 30 miles to Budapest. Other Russians are moving swiftly against Agykanizsa, which is less than 30 miles from the road between Zagreb and Vienna. Reports reaching Moscow for some time indicate that the Germans are digging in along the Austrian frontier. Tonight's Soviet communique states that the Russians in Hungary between the Drava River and Lake Balaton continued their offensive and captured the railway junction- of Szigetvar and also 120 other places. One Russian drive has covered 20 miles in less than 24 hours and has brought Soviet spearheads to Lake Balaton. The Russians have thrown the enemy out of two towns on the eastern shores of the lake less than 30 miles apart. Russian troops have also fanned out to the south in the direction of the Yugoslav border.