DISPUTED CITY
RECORD OF CONQUESTS Recd 6 p.m. London, Aug. 30. The firing of a salute of guns over Moscow in celebration of the recapture of Taganrog was clearly heard in London to-night over the radio. Taganrog was evacuated by Soviet troops on October 22, 1941. When the Russians recaptured Rostov, in December, 1941, they pushed forward towards Taganrog, but did not occupy the town. Later the Germans occupied Rostov for the second time. They were driven out during the last Soviet winter offensive on February 14, 1943. The Russians then advanced towards Taganrog again, but failed to reach it. Taganrog, after nearly two years of German occupation, is very strongly i jrtitied, which increases the value of the Soviet victory. This advance, in conjunction with the Soviet offensive north-west, of Voroshilovgrad and south of Kharkov, endangers the entire German position in the Donetz Bason. A further advance westwards from Taganrog along thp coast, of the Sea of Azov would endanger the German position's in the Crimea. 8.0.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 206, 1 September 1943, Page 5
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