No Appreciable Geographical Movements On Eastern Front
[British Official Wireless] (Received 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, November 17. OFFICIAL REPORTS REACHING LONDON INDICATE U CONFUSED FIGHTING IS TAKING PLACE ON VARIOUS PARTS OF THE RUSSIAN FRONT, WITH BOTH SIDES ATTACKING, BUT NO APPRECIABLE GEOGRAPHICAL MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. A Soviet communique reports fighting during the night along the whole front, and describes local exploits of artillery, tanks and partisans harassing the enemy rear. There is no further information about the position at Kerch, the capture of which is claimed by the Germans, although it is known that the Germans are very close to the town. The Moscow wireless claims that the enemy have been driven from a village on the central front with great losses and a further local advance against strong resistance near Leningrad, where German casualties in the last five days have been about 1000 killed and wounded. There is no confirmation in London of Oslo reports that “a Finnish armoured unit routed a Russian armoured unit armed exclusively with British tanks.”
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Northern Advocate, 18 November 1941, Page 5
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