SOVIET REPORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1941, Page 5

SOVIET REPORT

SLIGHT NAZI SUCCESSES ADMITTED ON PARTS OF POLISH FRONT. SIXTY-FIVE GERMAN PLANES SHOT DOWN. LONDON, June 23. The first Russian communique states: “At dawn yesterday the Germans attacked our frontier. The whole front from the Baltic to the Black Sea was held during the first part of the day. At the beginning of the second part the Germans again made contact with vanguards of the Red Army, who repulsed the enemy after stubborn fighting, inflicting heavy losses. “The enemy succeeded in obtaining slight tactical successes in the Grodno sector, opposite Warsaw, and in the Kristynpol sector, 40 miles north of Lwow (Lemberg) on the River Bug. They occupied the villages of Kalvar, Stoyanov and Tehanovite. (The first two are situated 10 miles and the third six miles from the frontier). “The Luftwaffe attacked several of our aerodromes, urban areas and concentration points, but encountered vigorous resistance on the part of our fighters and anti-aircraft guns. We shot down 65 planes.” The only news from Germany so far today is a statement by the official news agency that a few Soviet planes were over East Prussia last night. They dropped a small number of bombs causing slight damage. Anti-aircraft fire caused the enemy planes to withdraw.