LACK OF DETAILS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 November 1941, Page 5

LACK OF DETAILS

BUT SIGNS OF RUSSIAN INITIATIVE IN LENINGRAD OTHER SECTORS. OFFICIAL REPORT OF GAINS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) RUGBY, November 14. While detailed information as to the situation on the Eastern front is lacking in informed quarters in London, there seems evidence, in various statements from Russia, that in some sectors the initiative has passed to the Russians. Regarding the Leningrad sector such a claim is in fact made today by the Moscow radio, quoting dispatches from the front. It describes how Russian infantry, supported by bombers, dive-bombers and heavy artillery barrages, stormed the enemy lines and broke through to the German rear, despite stubborn resistance. The Leningrad radio meanwhile reports that Russian troops, after fierce attacks by Russian planes, occupied well-fortified villages on the Leningrad front, but whether the two operations are connected is not clear. The midday Russian communique after stating that fighting continued on all fronts last night, adds: “On the north-western front, after fierce fighting, our troops captured the village of K, inflicting heavy losses in men and materials. Heavy artillery duels continue to rage in the Malo Yaroslavets area.” According to the Moscow radio, the Russians have occupied a height north west of 0. i