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FIERCE BATTLE FOR RZHEV RUSSIANS DRIVING WESTWARD London, Jan. 23. Moscow announces that the Red Army has captured a town five i miles beyond Borodino on the route from Mojaisk (which fell on ;2I st January) to Viazma. Ihe Russians are driving toward Smolensk [from the north-east, east and south-east. Fierce battles are raging for Rzhev, the vital strategic point north of Viazma, while on the southern arm of the front further Soviet forces are attempting to drive a new wedge into the German line with the object of outflanking Viazma from the south. I he latest report on the main road drive states that the Russians are now only 40 miles from Viazma. Wide Soviet pressure was reported yesterday on the Ukraine and Leningrad fronts, with some advances achieved. Ihe Germans have begun using cavalry in defensive counter-attacks.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 24 January 1942, Page 5
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142ON TO SMOLENSK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 24 January 1942, Page 5
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