MOSCOW FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 5

MOSCOW FRONT

SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT INCESSANT ATTACKS REPULSED ENEMY SUCCESS AT ONE POINT '! ißec. 11.20 a.m.) London, Oct. 28. Dispatches from the Moscow front to Kuibyshev report a slight improvement in the Soviet position despite relentless German pressure ' ' in the Mojaisk and Malo-Yarosla-vetz area. General Zhukov is repulsing incessant German attacks which were held at all points except one, where the Germans have driven a small wedge into the Soviet defence line. ; ! Russians under General Rokossovfky . . launched a counter-attack in the Moi j Jaisk .sector., while the Berlin radio • continues to deny that cither a big , Russian army or reserves remain in ext; isLnce. 1 The Tillis radio reaffirmed that the , Soviet will continue the war for years i and said: “Our great Allies. England ; and America, are replacing our losses. ' , The loss of many Russian factories will ’ | not affect the war’s progress." The Moscow radio said the Germans ' ; have occupied large and important in- - | dustrial areas, but have not succeeded >! in capturing factory machinery, which was evacuated far inland. The Swedish newspaper “Svenska ' ( Dagbladet’s" Berlin correspondent ask - ed a German spokesman for an explanation of Hitler’s promise that the 1 war with Russia would be won before : the winter. The spokesman said the i.'st Russian resistance would be broken when the roads freeze. Germany had wiped out 260 Russian divisions, leaving not more tha:. 100 to defend • the whole front. New Russian armies ’ ! were being mobilised but would be I poorly trained and equipped. A German communique states: “Pur--1 suit of tlie enemy continues in the Donetz Basin. We penetrated Krama- : torskay (apparently an industrial town ‘near Kharkov). The Soviet thereby ; lost one of its largest tank factories. • Hungarians took other important inj Oustrial towns.” —U.P.A.