ENGAGING ENEMY IN BATTLE
RUSSIAN REPORT (Reed. 11.40 p.m.) Rugby, July 31. A Russian communique says: “Our forces yesterday continued to engage the enemy in battle in the Novorzhev and Nevel directions, with particularly strenuous battles in the SmolenskJitomir direction. There were no major operations on the remaining fronts.
“Operating in close co-operation with our land forces, our aircraft con tinued blows against enem.» tank and infantry units, and aircraft on enemy aerodromes, besides bombing Sulina, where big fires occurred as the result of the bombardment. According to incomplete data our aircraft destroyed nine German planes on Tuesday. Our losses were five.—B.O.W.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19410801.2.42
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 179, 1 August 1941, Page 5
Word Count
102ENGAGING ENEMY IN BATTLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 179, 1 August 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in