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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24776, 28 November 1941, Page 6

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THE MOSCOW BATTLE DANGER TO CAPITAL GROWING LONDON, Nov. 271 The Moscow radio admits that the Germans in the past 10 days have advanced in a line against Moscow, the danger to which has grown, though no doubt Hitler's hopes in this latest and strongest offensive will not be realised.- A whole German regiment was killed northward of the city, and the entire staff of another regiment 1 was captured, together with documents giving plans for operations in that area, enabling the Russians to prevent further action.

The Germans in the Kalinin area have suffered heavy losses in the past few days, 5000 being killed at one point arid 8500. near a certain town in the Moscow area. The Germans hurled in three tank arid three infantry divisions in an attempt to capture Stalinogorsk, where the fighting is very intense. The enemy is suffering heavy losses, but the force of the blows is not slackening; The Russians are still holding the enemy in the Volokalamsk sector and have even pushed them back slightly and recaptured a strategically important village. They destroyed 50 enemy tanks at one point and blew to pieces long cc-lumns of supply lorries. The Russians in this area caught and promptly shot a detachment of 40 Germans wearing the Red Army uniform.;

BRITISH BOMBING RAIDS EMDEN AMONG OBJECTIVES LONDON, Nov. 27. An Air Ministry communique just issued states that aircraft of the Bomber Command, in considerable force, bombed Emden and other objectives in north-west Germany last night. The docks at Ostend were also bombed. One of our aircraft failed to return from these operations.