HITLER'S THREAT

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21525, 13 September 1941, Page 8

HITLER'S THREAT

INVASION OF BRITAIN CRITICISM OF ALLIES “ FEROCIOUS BRUTES ” (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 13; 3.15 p.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 12 Des Reich says: “Invasion is coming to Britain at any moment in a way the British do not expect. Britain may rest assured that the catastrophe is much closer than American aid. In appealing for contributions for the winter relief fund, Hitler, in a written statement instead of his usual broadcast, said: “The success of German soldiers and their sacrifice of blood have called for privations unprecedented in history. “Soldiers are fighting in a gigantic struggle for the existence or nonexistence of the German nation, for the maintenance of Europe. The enemy is not human but is composed of ferocious brutes. May the German home front prove worthy of the soldiers’ heroism.” GIGANTIC LOSSES BATTLES IN RUSSIA ATTACKS ON BOTH SIDES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 13. 3.15 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 12 Both the Russians and Germans are able to claim that they are attacking on all the main sectors on the front from Murmansk to the Black Sea. The vastness of the arena is enabling each side to launch important thrusts in many areas without necessarily fitting into any general offensive pattern. Military experts in London say that the reports of colossal losses on both sides are authentic, indicating that Germany is not counting the cost in men and materials in her anxiety to deliver a decisive blow.

The battle for Leningrad is still the bloodiest struggle in an immense chain of ferocious conflicts in which no quarter is asked and no quarter is given. M. Lozovsky tonight described the fight for Leningrad as “ unprecedently fierce,” on a large scale, in which the Germans’ forces are losing as never before. The struggle has assumed such a character and dimensions that the Germans cannot carry on long. Not only the Red Army but the Baltic Fleet, also every man and woman able to bear arms, are defending Leningrad. No matter how hard and bloody this battle our Government is confident of ultimate success. Capture by Russians The Russians claim the capture of three important villages on the approaches to Leningrad. The Germans’ nearest point to Leningrad, according to the Times correspondent on the German frontier, is about 13 miles from the belt of fortresses. The correspondent adds that the first snowfall yesterday warned the Germans that they must strain their utmost to reach their objectives, because a sudden adverse change in the weather might upset all their plans. The military spokesman in Berlin admits that Marshal Timoshenko, in the central sector, has recovered a “little terrain, but militarily it is quite unimportant.” The Times says the Germans are believed to have dangerously progressed toward Kiev. The German news agency reports that very strong Russian forces attacked a German bridgehead on the Luga River. The agency does not indicate the outcome of the attack, but it is claimed that the Russian attempt to cross the Volkhov River was repulsed. Fleet Bottled Up The Berlin radio claimed that the cutting of the Stalin Canal resulted in the bottling of the entire Baltic fleet at Kronstadt, consisting of two battleships, six cruisers, 30 destroyers, 100 submarines, 50 mine-sweep-ers and a number of smaller craft. It is disclosed in Moscow that only 000 of 1300 women and children and wounded soldiers were saved from the Soviet hospital ship Siberia which was set on fire and sunk by a German bomb on August 19.