Evening star., 1941-08-07
Enemy Checked
Near Leningrad,
Reds Indicate
Heavy Fighting South
Of City and in Other
Areas Reported
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Aug. THE RUSSIANS
indicated today that a new German
Finnish push toward Leningrad
from the north had fizzled out. but
reported heavy fighting south of
that city, in the Smolensk sector
west of Moscow and on the Ukraine
front
Failure of the afternoon COM
munioue to mention a battle which
had been reported raging all day
yesterday on the Karelian 1sthmus
northwest of Leningrad was taken
here to mean that pressure on the
Russian lines in that area had been
relieved-st least temporarily.
The bulletin declared, however
that the Red Army was engaged in
fierce combat all last night on the
Estonian front, where the Germans
have been trying TO push northward
toward Leningrad along the west
shore Of Lake Pcipus.
No Hint OF Change.
References to continued fighting
in the Smolensk area and in the
vicinity OF Bel Tserkov. south of the
Ukrainian capital of Kiey, gave no
hint of any change in the situation
in those vital sectors.
lReuters. British news agency,
reported today from Moscow that
the Soviet high command lis
confident the Germans will reach
neither Kiev nor Leningrad, let
alone Moscow itself" said Lon
don broadcast heard by c. B. s..
The battle on the Karelian 18TH
mus, first reported in the early
morning communique, told of fight
ing in the vicinity OF Kakisalmi, rs
miles from Leningrad.
"A promise of new offensive
operations was contained in a
series of special German COM
muniques Yesterday detailing
successes already achieved by the
Nazi armed forcesD
Stiff Resistance.
The first Soviet war bulletin OF
today indicated the German ano
Finnish forces on the Kareliar
Isthmus were attempting to advance
along the south shore of Lake La.
doga against stiff Russian resistance
The area where the fighting was re.
ported was ceded to Russia by Fin.
land under the treaty ending theil
l939-40 war.
The Russians also reported heavy
fighting ragged all day Yesterday ir
the Smolensk sector and in the
vicinity of Bel Tserkov. The com.
munique merely reported that Rus.
sian troops were fighting Stub
bornly." e.
The communique in great detail
reported the rout OF German divi-
sion identified as NaZi Party SIS
unit called the "Toden Kopfe tdeath
head Division"
Two attacks by the division were
said to have fallen back under in
tense artillery fire from fortified
Russian positions and complete rout
Of the Germans followed a Red
Army bayonet charge.
$500 Nazis Reported Killed.
Neither the location nor the time
of the action was given, but the
Russians said $500 Nazis were killed
or wounded and 30 tanks and arm
ored cars. 80 motorcycles. about SOC
automatic rifles, 30 machine guns
and As mine throwers were de-
stroyed by artillery fire.
The long arm OF the Luftwaffe
meanwhile. reached out to strike al
Moscow last night for the 14th time
at night since the war started, but
the Russians declared the raid-like
those which preceded it-had been
unsuccessful.
They acknowledged there had
been no damage to military targets
and reported six of the raiders
were downed. One Russian plane
was acknowledged lost.
Most of the Nazi air raiders were
dispersed by Soviet night fighters OF
nti-aircraft fire far from the capi.
tai and only few bombers reached
the city, an announcement said
"a German radio Broadcast,
heard in London, said the Luft-
waite had bombed the central
airdrome in the Moscow suburb
of Tushimo1