PERIL INCREASED
SEBASTOPOL DEFENCE INVADERS’ PRESSURE FIGHr FOR HEIGHTS (Reed. Dec. 1, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30. The Moscow radio states that in the Crimea the enemy is continuing to bring up reinforcements, and the danger to Sebastopol has increased. The enemy is constantly attempting to take important heights on the approaches to the town, ignoring his great losses. One height was taken by the enemy through numerical superiority, but after long fighting our troops recaptured it.” The Russians at Sebastopol recaptured a large village and also several strategic heights during a 24-hour battle on the approaches to Sebastopol. The Tass agency says the enemy pressure on Sebastopol is increasing. The Russian fleet is bombarding communications and troops and inflicting heavy losses.
The Moscow radio admitted yesterday that Sebastopol was greatly endangered owing to new and heavy German attacks.
The Tass agency states that the enemy continues to bring up fresh forces with which, regardless of heavy losses, he is repeatedly attempting to storm the heights on the approaches to Sebastopol. “Our troops and airmen, aided by the Black Sea fleet, are heroically resisting the enemy,” states the agency.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 5
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