German Soldiers Smothered In Mud
LONDON, November 13. The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph.” referring to the statement that the Russians on the Neva River were bringing up reinforcements along the railway from Vologda, says this is a clear indication that the Germans prematurely claimed the capture of Tikhvin, an important communication junction 110 miles south-east of Leningrad, because the Vplogda railway pafeses through this junction. A harrowing picture of the conditions at Tula has been given by a German war correspondent. Referring to one night battle, he said: “We shall never forget that night. It was as dark and cold as any night in midwinter. “Inside our tank we were bitterly cold. We dreamed of mud, we had mud in our clothes, on our faces and in our boots. Nothing but slushy, mucky mud.’’ The correspondent went on to say that they had sung from slushy, mudstained music sheets. %
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Northern Advocate, 14 November 1941, Page 5
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