Russiansweep Westwar After Capturin Kharkov

Northern Advocate, 24 August 1943, Page 2

Russians weep Westwar After Capturin Kharkov

(Rcc. 12.30 ]3Vn.) FOLLOWING KHARKOV, TH SWEEPING ON \ THEY ARE R AHEAD. DESPA COW STATE TH TINUES WITH U Moscow radio s are throwing in resistance, thougl One of the fierce; war is being fc Ukrainian plains Russian heavy thrusts and Russ tacking German point-blank range a tributary of the large water barri and Kiev. The Ru have already cros Kiev is at the formed by railw; Kharkov. Poltava by the Russians, i ta.vn in the trian Pressure Reuter's Moscot that latest report; Bryansk fronts i pressure has slac Kharkov, fighting and Voroshilovgr points for recaptu industrial basin. I intensity. The Ge Voroshilovgrad art orders to hold on have been forced local battles. "Pravda" * ; ays ’ ment sent into 1 Voroshilovgrad, ft val, had lost half a few hours. Oi said that the Ger remain in their j of shooting.

Tonight's Soviei I that the Russians south-west of ) tinued successfull; tensive, and south grad have advanc [ fighting 20 to 30 German Defei The Stockholm : “The Times." afte man claim that Kharkov had shot fine, continues: “S is undeniable, but improved thq gen tion is less o;^ 7 ioir Jenly sprung? forv kimerefa area an Isyum sector. Tht fighting tor tenure without which occt bridgehead and th maintained. The that of last Marc! were then ready counter-offensive. German counterrpent and prospect the Russian battle Ukraine are much The “London T rays: "Just as Brit and for all the my Luftwaffe, the Rus the myth of an army. It would 1 estimate the oblit the Russians have freedom all over t Berlin radio sta heap of rubble anc tion of Kharkov's n recording of -the general command a v orv th in g valu a b I Berlin radio adn sians attacking five have Reuter's military that the fall of K dangers all the Gt the Dnieper. T Kharkov in their to thrust to Kras right wing contini Poltava. Biggest Stro “German troops 1. stroving all milita without being subjc sure, evacuated tl pian,” Berlin radio c has changed hands course ot fierce fish its nresent condition traffic supply centre considerably shorter a result of the disen; The fall of Khar 8 Germans have lost point in South Rus base before reach it miles westward. Th Kharkov in Februar in March. The Germans ■ vital railway their linch-pin where they could! point from Moscow is the fourth time t the city has changed first captured by t Russia’s biggest tar being called “Tank [workers, and also important industrial Russia’s biggest airc monthly production When the Russians* ■city they scorched', great tank factories, mains and leaving-v as shattered as el nipt ated industries anw Advance A Soviet communi marked development sive ir. the Donetz B; ’days’ fighting/south grad Soviet tat j ops to 23 miles arid occ including Gorlovka [south-west of Voros main railway to Taj A supplementary :that v.vst of Kharf ;gaged in fierce fig enemy tank and inf; mg the day 2000 on eight tanks destroy* Russians crossed tht the offensive, occuj In local fighting £ shiiovgrad the Ru places and 500 pri counter-at t acked vvi Russians continue annihilate enemy m; In the Bryansk di ward unit encircled Which was forced fc :were killed. In the Black ’an enemy ; barge. Moscow Soviet aircraft ary dumps in fH||| were made on many fires wij^HtSf Or; s a iec; ed concen to a strong la n es n ■ 1 1; rned^^B

August 23 E CAPTURE OF RUSSIANS ARE' BTWARD WHERE IDLY FORGING lIES FROM MOSFIGHTING CONBATED FURY, that the Germans' h contingents but [iff, is unavailing., pnk battles of the 1 ht on the wide; rest of Kharkov, nks in head-on: artillery are atrnoured forces at; t the Psiol River, lieper and the only fced|een Kharkov: ms south of Sumy! the Psiol River, pex of a triangle' to Kursk and Iready threatenedpe only hedge-hog

Ukraine orrespondent says pm Smolensk and cate that Soviet ped but, south of pie areas of Isyum which are keypf the rich Donetz been growing in pns south-west of ghting under strict all costs, but they [ yield ground in t a German regip.le .south-west of hours after arripersonnel within German prisoner ps were forced to tion under threat

pmmunique states: pth of Isyum and; oshilovgrad conA p develop the ofest of Voroshilov-! in - three days'; |es. Line Weaker correspondent of. eporting.the Gere evacuation of ped the defensive': rtening of the line | [at evacuation has pi. defensive posi-f phe-iront has sud-j [d acl’oss the Kalhow merges with. Germans are now; [ the Donetz Basin [tion of the Kuban j Crimea cannot bet bsition resembles 1 [but the Germans

launch a mighty [hereas now the j [ensive is already tor continuance of r liberation of the pore favourable." ; es,” in a leader. • 1 demolished once ' of the irresistible [ns have shattered [vincible German . difficult to overion under which - [id the friends of J wsrld.” H; “Kharkov is a.; [shes." A descrip-! [st hours included ,i joicp of a German ' h destruction of j Eo the Russians, ted that the Rusof Kuibyshevo! erman Inies. orrespondent says' [rkov gravely en- : pan forces east of [ Russians, with nds, are now free [grad, while the [ pressure against

point Gone night, after deinstallations and ;d to enemy prescity according to ins. “Since Kharkov veral times in the ig, it no longer, in las any value as a German lines were and improved as cement movement." means that the he biggest strongi and the last big the Dnieper, 120 Russians recaptured md re-evacuated it with its lin the Ukraine, ■K Dnieper, from reaten every key- > the Caucasus. It der two years that mds. Before it was : Germans it was producing centre, own,” with 900.000 lad, among other ndertakings, one of ft factories, with a aching lour figures, rst abandoned the blowing uo many ectricity and water le blocks of streets lie.lts. They evaeuUy/ies to the Urals. Donetz le, which records a i the Russian otfenn, says that in three zest of Voroshilovvancell between 20 lied over 30 places.

rbaltsevo, f>s miles! lovgracl and on the) irog. communique states; v tlu' Russians en-j ing againsl large j try forces, and dur-j ny were killed and 'Another force of] river and developed ing several places.] lth-west of Voro-j fans took several i iners. Tin* enemy] out success. The j forge ahead and j power and material, i ■ction, a Soviet, for-] n enemy garrison j surrender. Over 300 1 oviet warships sank i and self-propelled | es that lasi night j ed trains and milit.-j onetz Basin. Hitsi trains and; terrific ex- 1 aircraft sub-; rof enemy troops,! th-west of Kharkov] attack. All Soviet j eir bases.