TENSE BATTLES
; " NEAR THREE TOWNS. LONDON, Jan. 13. The Russians' new break-throngli in "White Russia is rapidly developing, says Router's Moscow correspondent.. The Red Army force thrusting up from the south-east is nearing the left bank of the Pripet and another more powerful unit is moving against Mozyr from the north-east in a steady outflanking movement advancing-down the railway from Jlobin. With this new attack tense battles are now progressing on the approaches to three important towns— Mozyr, Sheptovka, and Vinnitsa. These battles are being fought with ferocity, and the Germans aro making very costly counter-attacks. The Red Army advances have already won back four-fifths of the Ukrainian communications system, and the length of the front can bo measured in miles of permanent way. For instance, the capture of a junction as important as Sarny has added another 100 miles to the German front through the necessity of 'itfetours.
, A German High Command report k |k States that the Russians on Kerch W JftPeninsula are attac king with suf " perior forces. liotween four and five [ ■Bfflivisions supported by several hunJVdred Stormoviks and many heavy Mr tanks are fighting for the possession • of heights, and the battle is raging with undiminished ferocity.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 39, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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