Evening star., 1941-09-03
Combined Armies Attack.

Combined Armies Attack.
Combined forces Of the Red Army
and the Peoples Army, which is
sworn to die rather than yield theil
city, carried out the counterof
fensive, Red Star said.
y Red Army artillery laid down 6
heavy artillery barrage. the account
said, then two Russian infantry bat
talionS went over the top, charging
across a railroad embankment and 6
field toward the German position:
in forest.
The Germans were reported driver
back to town IN" their mortar anC
maChine-gun fire dWindling gradual,
ly as the Russians pushed forward
Heavy losses were reported to have
been inflicted on the Germans and
some Russian losses also were ac-
knoWledged.
Soviet Troops Inspired
Red Star said Marshal Voroshi-
lows arrival at the front inspired
Soviet troops for heroic deeds and
they took an oath to fulfill his order
regardless of difficulty. .. Thus
day and night, our men heroically
defend the approaches to Lenin-
grad
The dispatch to Pravda said tht
Germans had been put completely
on the defensive in the central Sec
tor and that the Russians had sue
ceeded in ironing out their uneven
line.
Houses, bridges and roads have
been rebuilt to within two miles OF
the front line, it reported, and over
ripe crops are being harvested.
In the assault in which Red Army
forces regained the height and de.
stroyed the SIS division, Pravda said
the attack was made under cover o.
night by soldiers from the Ura
region.
For the next three nights, it added
the Germans made counter -thruSts
but could not diSlodge the Russians
Air Forces Testing Strength.
The Red Air Fleet and the Luft.
waite were reported testing strength
anew as Nazi bombers took up tn,
task of blasting defense positions
where the Russians said the Ger
man advance virtually was stymiet
foY tho cjyth 6av
Claiming an edge in the fierc,
doghghts along the battlefront, Rus
sian pilots said they shot down 19'
German planes Saturday, Sunda!
and Monday, with loss of les
than a third of that many aircraf
of their own.
Today's earliest communique salt
a large formation of German bomb
ers was beaten off from an attempt
ed raid on a heavily y-fortifed sector
pursued to their own airfeld by
Russian planes, and bombed there
when they landed.
The communique acknowledged
the loss of the Estonian capital anc
Baltic naval base, Tallinn, whose
capture the Germans reported last
Friday. The war bulletin indicated
a stubborn fight was continuing il
the same principal defense lines tht
Red Army had reported holding fol
almost a week.
A midday communique said, "Ou
troops continued to fight the enem!
on the entire front"
Hitler Calls for Duce's Aid.
S. A. Lozovsky. Soviet spokesman
and Vice Commissar for Foreign AT
fairs, declared last night Nazi losse
on the Russian front had drained
German man power so deeply Adol
Hitler had called on Premier Mus
solini to fill the gaps in the rank
with Italian troops.
The Soviet spokesman at the sam,
time denied foreign reports tina
negotiations had been started be
tween Russia and Finland for peace
OF Italy, LozovSky said:
TT is quite clear that Germany
having lost more than 100000 mel
on the eastern front, has decided
IL was time 10 make Italy pay he
share of blood and cannon fod
der . -
He said an Italian effort to sent
q volunteer army against Russi;
had failed, and added:
When it comes to the actua
sending of Italian armies to tn,
eastern front, then Premier Mus
solini will find out what the Italiar
people think of the German hench
man, Benito MuSSolini."
The Soviet spokesman told pres
conference, Now that the German
have lost their game in Iran ther,
is every possibility they will exer
pressure on Turkey"