TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER

Evening Star, Issue 23991, 16 September 1941, Page 7

TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER

BATTLE FOR LENINGRAD NAZIS ATTACKING REGARDLESS OF COST LONDON, September 14. The battle for Leningrad is every day gathering ferocity, and the Germans continue to attack violently regardless of the cost. Day and night artillery duels have converted the battlefield outside the city into an inferno, both sides hurling immense quantities of steel and explosives against each other. Forces are massed on the approaches to the •city. BERLIN'S CLAIM GERMANS IN THE SUBURBS (Eee- 1 p.m.) . LONDON, Sept. 15. Officials in Berlin stated , that von Leeb’s armies are now attacking Leningrad’s inner defence ring of suburbs, but bad weather is hampering operations. The German News Agency earlier announced that German tanks had penetrated the modern fortifications before Leningrad, inflicting heavy casualties. A German communique says the encirclement of Leningrad is further, closing in. Repeated counter-attacks by the enemy, supported by heavy tanks, are being broken. TRANSPORT OF R.A.F. WING MASTERPIECE OF PLANNING (Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15. The transport of the R.A.F. wing to Russia was a masterpiece of planning, says the ‘ Evening News.’ The equipment included lorries, tenders, staff cars,, tens of thousands of gallons of special fuel, lubricants, many tons of ammunition, rations, millions of spare parts, also adequate reserves of planes. In addition to the pilots the wing included hundreds of members of the ground staff.