GERMAN THRUSTS
STRONG RUSSIAN RESISTANCE
(Official Wireless) (Received Oct. 11. 3.15 p.m.)
RUGBY. Oct. 10
No further information is available in London about the German thrusts in the Viazma and Orel districts. The Germans claim that large pockets of Russians exist in the rear of both thrusts, and if this is true no doubt the Germans are making a great effort to annihilate them and the Russians are making equally great efforts to fight their way out. It is known that the German thrust further north in the neighbourhood of Rzhev is still going on. In the Ukraine the German advance from Poltava towards Kharkov is meeting with stubborn resistance and they are making only slow progress.
It is thought probable that in the Melitopol, Berdyansk and Mariupol area, which has been captured by the Germans, fairly large Russian forces are encircled by the enemy advance from the north and along the coast.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21549, 11 October 1941, Page 8
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