PARTISAN WARFARE
REAR OF GERMAN LINES HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED Rugby, Oct.. 11. I Remarkable details of the persistent ; guerrilla attacks at the back of the I German lines are given in a supplementary Russian communique to-day, ; which states: “Partisan warfare inflicts heavy losses on the enemy. A i partisan group operating in one sector I on the north-west front destroyed during two months 19 motor-cars, eight II >rries with ammunition, 15 lorries j with foodstuffs, four light cars, and 14 motor-cycles, i “The partisans blew tip 12 bridges and repeatedly machine-gunned enemy infantry from forests. These partisans ! killed more than 600 German soldiers ! and officers. “A short time ago members of this | group organised a trap near a road. When a German motorised column appcared the partisans blew up the first i car and the enemy column was forced to a standstill. The partisans then attacked. and 10 enemy cars were de|stroyed. The partisans thereupon disappeared in the forest. Some other
i car and whippet tank. “ The armoured | va; and several el the motor-cycles j iwe.e destroyed, and the remainder of j the enemy lied." 8.0. W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 13 October 1941, Page 5
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187PARTISAN WARFARE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 13 October 1941, Page 5
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