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ADVA NC E WEST WA R D Rugby, Dec., 22. j A Soviet communique issued to-night states that during 22nd January our : troops continued their advance in a ! [westward direction and occupied sev-! eral local towns, among them being the town of Uvalovo. On 21st January 15 German planes were destroyed. Our losses were four planes. On 22nd j January five German planes were shot! down in the vicinity of Moscow. A press message from Moscow says ! that the Soviet forces continue to j advance on the Leningrad front and have broken through heavily fortified ' enemy areas. Fierce battles are raging for the railway junction north of Viazma, a 1 vital and strategic point, while further . Soviet forces are sweeping towards Viazma from Mojaisk in an attempt to : drive a wedge in the German line with; the object of outflanking Viazma from the south.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 24 January 1942, Page 5
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