TO BE IN LONDON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 6, 8 January 1944, Page 5

TO BE IN LONDON

INVASION HEADQUARTERS Recd. 6 p.m. London, Jan. 6. General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in the United Kingdom, will make his headquarters in London, says the Evening Standard. This announcement is expected when he arrives. General Eisenhower may bring to London many staff officers who served under him at North African headquarters. His movements have been a secret since January 2. when he sent a farewell message to the Allied forces in North Africa.

to describe their retreats He said: “This means that developments will probably take place during the winter similar to those witnessed in the summer and autumn. German military circles, though calm, do not underrate the difficulty of their task.” Air adv the Germans, in their communiques, speak of a resumption of Russian attacks with powerful formations of infantry and tanks in the Dnieper bend near Krivoi Rog and Kirovograd. Further west, the Re. Army is striking from Belaya Tserkov toward; th° Cherkasy bridgehead north of Kirovograd. Up on the Baltic front the Russians are now making good progress nor.h of Neva!, where they are closing in on the junction nf the Moscow-Riga railway with a line ruining up to Leningrad.