WEST OF KHARKOV

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 204, 30 August 1943, Page 5

WEST OF KHARKOV

DETERMINED IHRUST BY RUSSIANS Recd. 7.30 p.m. Rugby, Aug. 28. Last night Soviet aircraft attacked the railway junction of Poltava. Volova kha and Roslavl, according to to Moscow radio. Direct hits were scored on several military trains. Fires broke out, the flames spreading to many trains. On the same night Soviet aircraft attacked a number of enemy aerodromes. Numerous fires started, followed by powerful explosions. Two Soviet planes failed to return. A supplementary Soviet communique says: “West of Kharkov one Red Army formation wiped out 609 Hitlerites. At Zenkov Soviet troops repelled several fierce counter-attacks and. developing the offensive, occupied Important positions. Eight hundred Germans were killed. South of Kharkov Soviet troops were pushed back after strenuous fighting ?n which the Germans lost 1000 killed. South-west of Voroshilovgrad one Red Army formation repelled several counterattacks and killed over 300 of the enemy. “On the Karelian front 50 enemy troops in boats attempted to occupy an island on the lake defended by three Red Army men. who opened fire and sank three boats and killed 20 Germans. The remainder retreateel. In the Barents Sea the Soviet Air Force sank an enemy transport of 6000 tons and severely damaged another transport. Eighteen enemy planes were shot down in aerial engagements “ —B.O W.