WILL NEVER YIELD MOSCOW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 October 1941, Page 6

WILL NEVER YIELD MOSCOW

DETERMINATION OF THE SOVIET i:\OR.MOrs ENEMY LOSS ns SH I V I lON STILL GRAVE j < Rec 1 20 pm.f Rugby, Oct. If).! The entire Soviet I’ress to-day voiced tiic determination that Hie Soviet would never yield Moscow to the enemy. The “Red Star" said nowhere at any time had the Hermans suffered losses as great as on the approaches to Moscow. The Germans, the "Red Star" added, had continued their slow advance on the Bryansk sector. suffering heavy losses, while in a number of sectors Russian re.-istance was checking the I j German drive. I A German attack in one sector re- j i suited in the enemy being driven back , to the starting point, leaving behind | 1 000 killed and wounded. 50 tanks and j 10 field guns. What appears to be one of the | fiercest battles of the entire war is raging in the Via/.ma sector, where it J jis admitted in Moscow that the Ger- | man? have con ideiable numerical superiority, indeed, greater superiority ! than on any other sector. Here the German advance, though still continuing. has been slowed up. At the same tune Soviet troops are counter-attaek- | ing in various places, destroying smaller I German wedges in the Russian defence j The "Red Star" observes that cold j weather and the consequent drying up | of the roads permitted a w ider scope for i enemy scouts. Air activity on both j [sides is also said to have been intensified I | lately. I lie situation is also grave in the south, where the Nazis occupied j Mariupol and are driving towards Dombass and Tagenrog, aiming to capture Rostov. CAPTURE or MARII POL The “Red Star" said that in the course of the capture of Mariupol the Germans lost several thousand killed and wounded and considerable equipment. "The city.” adds the "Red i Star,” "repulsed several German attacks until fresh German reinforcements. including 100 tanks, arrived. Then the Red Army abandoned the city ! and occupied previously prepared positions in an organised fashion and immediately re-engaged the Germans. The latter apparently calculated that the Soviet troops would continue to be rolled back. Without resting, however, they gave formidable resistance in their new positions. In the face of heavy losses and despite Nazi advances which were checked, the Germans apparently gave up hope of the success of a further offensive.” AID TO RUSSIA BRITISH LABOUR MEMBERS 1 IMPRESSED (Rec. 1.20 p.m.) London. Oct. 15. Labour members of the House of Commons met and decided not to ask for a debate on the subject of help for Russia. They are said to be impressed by the large quantities of materials already going to Russia. —U.P.A.