ON NORTHERN FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 15 September 1941, Page 5

ON NORTHERN FRONT

ACTION BY ROYAL NAVY SUPPLY SHIPS BOMBED ALUMINIUM WORKS FIRED J 'Rec. 11.0 a.m.) Rugby, Sept. 14. ! The British Navy continues to tirelessly harass Axis efforts at ■ sea. There have been continued ■ successes by submarines in the ; Mediterranean followed by air attacks off Norway. An Admiral-, ty communique says that further successful action has been taken by the Royal Navy j against enemy supplies and sea communications with his troops on the north Russian front. At dawn on Friday carrier-borne 1 Naval aircraft attacked enemy shipping in the Bodo area of the Norwegian coast and military objectives in the vicinity. One enemy supply ship of about 2000 lons was sunk and other ships damaged. Aluminium works were hit and .set on fire and an electric power station was also bombed. From these attacks all our aircraft returned safely.— 8.0. W. encampment in the depths of a forest, says the British United Press, quoting a report from a German source. The. encampment is enclosed in barbedwire. It bristles with anti-aircraft batteries and is guarded by a double line of sentries from Herr Hitler's personal bodyguard. The headquarters Consist of HenHitler's armoured train and many one-storey buildings on vehicles like caravans. These provide living quarters for Herr Hitler and his large staff, and reception rooms for his, guests. Herr Hitler spends hours every day in the two large map rooms. EFFECTIVE RUSSIAN TECHNIQUE A Nazi war correspondent broadcasting from Deutschlandsender radio stated that Marshal Timoshenko’s fresh panzer units included a 64-ton tank, “which rolled along as though on the parade ground.” It smashed up a car-park, and its armour could not be pierced. Another surprise followed when,', seemingly riderless horses came on in masses like waves, the correspondent said. Cossacks in the traditional style . hung on under the bellies of the horses i till they were close to the German! lines, when they fired. The correspondent added, “I must admit that they created a panic.” ADMISSION BV GERMAN PRESS Realisation that Russia is a re- • doubtable fortress is indicated in the ( (

following message to the German newspaper “Tageblatt” by its war correspondent on the Finnish front: According to information received from officers of the Finnish General Staff, it would be wrong to assume hat the Russian General Staff has »st its judgment on the actual posiions of the front. On the contrary, • eei to be a fad that it ii wellinformed where the position is good and where it is critical. ‘ Chief regimental commanders in ‘he Finnish Army Corps state that the Red troops fight very stubbornly and not caring whether their position is hopeless or whether the attack comes from the rear or in front. The fact that the Red soldiers fight fanatically, preferring death to surrender, is the cause of s'S.ere losses on both sides ’* Moscow radio says that suicides among the German soldiers have increased to such an extent that the German High Command has issued warning that the families of those who committed suicide would not leceive pensions.—8.0. W. and U.P.A.