GERMANS IN POLAND

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1944, Page 3

GERMANS IN POLAND

RETREATING 1» DISORDER WEST OF SARNY RUSSIANS DRIVING TOWARDS PINSK. NUMBER OF OUTFLANKING THREATS (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, January 13. Soviet forces have now reached the frontier established after, the Russians marched into Poland in 1939. The Moscow radio announced that the Russians had reached the Polish River at a point 115 miles west of the old frontier. The Bug here forms the line of the new 1939 border. Reuter’s Moscow correspondent reports that the Germans are retreating in disorder west of Sarny, with the Russians pressing on towards Kowel. The Russians have reached points within 40 miles south-east of Pinsk. The Red Army's tactical skill appears in the formulation of outflanking possibilities against six major Germanheld Russian towns, says the “Red Star.” “The Red Army,” it adds, “has already badly outflanked Vinnitsa from the south-east, Shepetovka from the north and south, and Rovno from the north-west. The Russians are also moving into positions from which outflanking strokes can be dealt in the direction of Bobruisk, Kowel and Pinsk.” With enemy sources admitting today that strong Red Army columns .are still pouring into Poland, the Associated Press Moscow correspondent says advanced Russian units are already moving on to firm ground beyond the fringe of the Pinsk Marshes, west of Sarny, and with the aid of guerillas are continuing to sweep through the Rovno forests. A grim struggle is going on over the bleak and marshy terrain north of Sarny. The Germans, hampered by poor communications and the difficulty of exploiting their panzers, are being pushed back into the guerilla-ridden Pripet Marshes.