BORDER WARFARE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 28 June 1943, Page 2

BORDER WARFARE

INCIDENTS IN RUSSIA INGENIOUS RUSES REPORTED (Rec. 12.45 p.m.) London, June 27# Stabilisation of the Russian and German front on long stretches of th* northern Donetz river has created a situation of border warfare with incidents reminiscent of old tales of frontier fighting between Cossacks and Tartar tribesmen on the Terek or Croat defenders in the Danubian marshes against the Turks. Russians and Germans are each using ingenious ruses to pass scouts through the other’* lines. “Pravda” (Moscow) reports that Germans, donning skirts and covering thei# heads and shoulders with shawls, hav* been proceeding down to the rives with buckets, and the Russians, where the Donetz is sufficiently narrow, have been throwing grenades against these sham peasants. The Russians are busy scouting the right bank for information for their artillery. Recent, films have shown some of the tricks used. For instance, soldiers drifting downstream under inflated sheepskins with all but their eyes submerged. There is occasional brisk mortar and machine-gun exchanges and light artillery duels. There are sometimes more serious engagements when the enemy tries to force the river with one or two battalions supported by tanks, but th* front recently has been very quiet-* P.A. THE NEW STALINGRAD London, June 2% Moscow radio says that Soviet archi* tects are planning to make the new Stalingrad a “city of victory.” Th* Union of Architects in Moscow is arranging an exhibition and discussion of the plans submitted for the restoration of the city.