EASTERN FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 26 August 1941, Page 6

EASTERN FRONT

NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE STRONG RUSSIAN RESISTANCE CLAIMS BY GERMANS »Rec. 2.20 p.m. » London, Aug. 25. Reports from neither side suggest any substantial change on the eastern front to-day. although the Wilhelmstrasse unconfirmerly claims that Leningrad is now under artillery fire, and admits that the Russian air force is putting up a stiff resistance, 't also asserts that the Germans have shortened and straightened their front south of Lake Ilmen and also contracted Ihe circle around Tallinn. ! The Finns claim further successes in the Wiipuri ector. Some reports rtatl that Suojarvi was captured, opening the way to the railway between Leningrad and Murmansk in Lake Onega region. Russian counter-attacks on the north fronts art* indicated by Finnish references to the Finns defending captured ground The official German version of the Russian counter-attacks in the central j sector states that the Russians threw in strong tank units, supported by artilj lery, in an effort to relieve the defeated forces, but the Germans repulsed I all attacks. It added that on an ad- [ jacent sector eight waves of Russian I attackers were mown down, after which | the Germans thrust deeply into the Russians’ lines. Despite heavy German pressure in the Ukraine there is still no indication that General Rundstedt’s troops yet hold territory east of the Dnieper. Battles for vital Dnieper bridgeheads continue unabated. There is no slackening of the Russian resistance where j the Germans are attempting to : approach to the crossings between Cherkasy and the lower Dnieper. The [ Russians have mentioned Dneprooetro- [ vsk for the first time, but it is not clear whether the Germans have closely approached this point, although the Ber- [ lin radio claims that it ; within the reach of advanced troops . There is no j news from Odcs>a of fighting.—U.P.A.