RUSSIAN ATTACKS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 207, 2 August 1941, Page 7

RUSSIAN ATTACKS

The Russian attacks arc being launched from liotii cast and west; thus the Germans arc forced to fight in two directions. This is at a time when the Germans arc forced to throw in huge reinforcements. Tins problem is no longer denied in Berlin; already in the German ranks are 18-year-old youths and 55-year-old men who do not know how to handle a machine-gun. A survey of the lighting shows that in Finland the enemy admit that Russian counter-attacks have l>ceu launched; the Finns claim to have made some progress around Lake Ladoga.

In the Baltic area the Russians are reported to be fiercely resisting the enemy south of Lake Peipus, and Berlin admits Russian counter-attacks in Esthonia. On the central front- the German News Agency says Russian tank units attempting to break through at Smolensk were encircled. Further south, the battle for the Ukraine is in its third week and the Germans claim that the Russian counter-attacks have been repulsed.

ALONG ENTIRE FRONT GERMANS STILL HELD LONDON, Aug. 1. The latest reports from the Eastern Front show that the Germans have nowhere made any appreciable progress in the last 24 hours. At the end of the sixth week of fighting the Russians still hold the Germans at bay in the three main sectors. The drives to Moscow and Leningrad are si ill held in check, and in the south a titanic battle is still raging around Smolensk. There are signs Ilia t the second German offensive is losing impetus, but there are also indications that they arc preparing to launch a third. Axis reports refer to the Russian offensive operations. While there is nothing to indicate that they have developed into a full-scale offensive, Berlin admits that there are Russian counter-attacks all the way from Lake Ladoga in the north to the Black Sea.