CAPTURE OF SYCHEVKA
NAZIS’ DESPERATE EFFORT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received March 10, noon) LONDON, March 9 The Moscow radio, detailing the capture of Sychevka, contradict the German claim that it was evacuated according to plan. The radio says the Germans rushed up large reinforcements in a desperate effort to hang on to the town, which was heavily fortified. The enemy suffered heavy casualties. Violent fighting north-west of Orel is reported by the Paris radio. The Russians have thrown in two armoured brigades on a front only a few miles wide.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 21982, 10 March 1943, Page 3
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