STARAYA RUSSA TRAP
NINETEEN DIVISIONS ENCIRCLED IMPORTANCE OF YUKHNOV (Rec. 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 7. The German army which the Russians have encircled at Staraya Russa comprises 19 divisions, 16 of which are infantry divisions. The Moscow radio, detailing the fighting resulting in the capture of Yukhnov, says the Germans converted the whole neighbourhood into a strongly-fortified zone, including minefields and successive rows of barbed wire, but, even assisted by reinforcements sent hurriedly by air, they were unable to stem the indomitable Russian advance. Our troops, after smashing the outlying defences, proceeded to storm the town, from which the Germans precipitantly retreated, leaving large quantities of army war material and also many dead. The capture of Yukhnov, on the road from Maloyaroslavets to .Roslavl, is regarded authoritatively 'in London ns of major importance. Yukhnov is one if the strongly-fortified towns which have been holding up not only the Russian advance in this sector, but also the progress of forces forming the southern jaw of the pincers closing round Rzhev and Viazma.
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Evening Star, Issue 24138, 7 March 1942, Page 7
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171STARAYA RUSSA TRAP Evening Star, Issue 24138, 7 March 1942, Page 7
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