TOTAL BLACK-OUT
ORDERED IN BALTIC STATES BIG RUSSIAN THRUST INDICATED (Rec. 10.50 a.m.) London, Jan. 9. The Germans have ordered a total black-out of country areas and towns in the Baltic States Reporting this, “The Observer’s” diplomatic correspondent says the Germans fear big Russian thrusts towards the Baltic States. The civilian population is being evacuated from Estonian and Latvian coastal regions which are being strengthened to meet any Soviet attacks from the sea. The Russian air force is reported to have resumed heavy attacks on Baltic ports, including Riga and Tallinn. The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph” says all the indications point to the Russians beginning a big thrust towards the Baltic States. The Soviet First Baltic Army Group will soon be supported by offensives opened up by the Second and Third Baltic Groups. These groups have been waiting for a chance to punch wide gaps in German lines north of the Pripet Marshes similar to those already punched in the south.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 5
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163TOTAL BLACK-OUT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 5
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