The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

|tIEE11a4t UtAci4t Wot summary,
 1y1 eomnOnlaue mentioned aelS
 N NfAxNfg hy individual ollcefS
 MMu men, in the air and ground
 &NFcoS, aAn MOloos
 "cn the first day og fighting, young Soviet an.l-alrcraft gOnnerS showed |llIo oons,aence ln firing At enemy
 Nnes. The next day, however, they
 A4Aess calmly, sustained well-almed
 N@u anH brought down nine German FNIeners during the day"
 Xhe communlQOe, issued hy the Soviet Information bureau through mo ofHclal news agency Tass, said;
 "June s3 enemy mobile units were
 'cveaoplAR their offensive in the Nlln0 and HaFAnovichl directions O0rlng the dNy large Soviet air for.
 nAtlons successfully fought enemy tanks in these directions. In the course of fighting separate groups pf enemy tanks succeeded in break lng through into the area of vilno ond oshnlany. Our land troops gave stubborn resistance and In ae. Give operations cut of the enemy infantry units in these directions from their tanks,
 (ln the Wilma (Vilnol and Os9- snlNna (oshmianyl sectors tho Ger mans were seeking to drive up the WArsaw-tenlngrad railroad along &ho polish~LlthuAnlan frontier, To- days eommuniQue did not indicate shNt the Germans were making any suhstantial progress9
 strong Resistance
 ~AttemptS by the enemy to break @tNuuRh m the Brody and Lwow di- xeotlons arc encountering strong re- ni1tance on the part of countcr.at- &Acking Red army troops, supported hy powerful blows of our air force, m the course of fighting tho enomly'S mechanixed formations are sustain. sng heavy losses, Our troops by . swift counter.Nttaek have captured PrHemysl.
 CThis section referred to the &0Mtheastern Polish front. rrHe- snySl Aa b6 miles west of Lwowl
 "fn tho ChernovitSy (CernautD direction our troops repulsed strong attacks by tho enemy, who attempt- cd Co force the Pruth river. In the 4essarAhlan sector of the front Red Mz@Ay troops firmly hold their posi- 4zions on the eastern bank of tho %ruth river and are successfully re- pulslng numerous enemy attempts 70 force tho river. la the area Of
 kuleni tSkulyNny, in tho fasl sec- AAorl the enemy attempted to Nd- sFnnce but suffered e heavy defeat And hls remnants are being pressed sbeyond the pruth river, Germans and Rumanians have been taken Nhrlsonor.
 M tHere. as on other parts of the Front, the communique spoke of Fighting ct specific points which Woul6 Indicate that tho Germans {. had Jailed to make any decisive kAinsl
 N Air Blows On Finland M "0ur air force dealt . number of Devastating blows on German air. droines in Finland, and bombed Momel, enemy ships north of Ltbau &nd petrol depots In the port Of Conxtansa. On June 2S, 70 enemy AlFplanes were brought down in air eomhats and by Rnti-Rlreraft artil- lery and l7 of our planes did not Eoturn to bases,
 "A German flyer taken prisoner on the Soviet-Finnish frontier after nis plane had been brought down py our atr force said: We do not want to fight the Russians and arc Nolng 1t under compulslon, We are tired of tho war and do not know | what we are fighting for In one | sector of tho front German troops | vent into Drunk and suffered heavy | casualties, German war prisoners | Ntated: 'JuSt before tho battle we Hre given Vodka Y (Here followed the note regarding | nntt.aireraft gunners who gained | Xonfldenoe after tho first day). Tn air combats our flyers of the | aviation unit brought down i6 | Nnemy aircraft
 "Rogiment commander hero of the | Soviet Union Major KorohkoV | Brought down two enemy bombers | and radio operator-maehlne gum Mer Shiskovich, during execution of | An assignment, brought Aswn two | enemy messerschmitts. Commander | Nofokin, during the execution of Q | lighting assignment with nine air. | planes, was attacked by i6 enemy aircraft, and brought down six air- .planes and lost four, e Major Hit, But Rights s Major Yachmenev was wounded n both legs but refused to go to Hospital and continued fighting. N Flyers in the aviation unit in the &yanislav area brought down 10 enemy aircraft, two airplanes being Brought down by anti-aircraft guns under the command of junior com. manders Kovalev and Kiahkhow. -Four German flyers were taken pris- s0ners by these crews. In all they look prisoner l2 German flyers 'Heroism was displayed by tho | divers of an avition regiment who giesrtoyed iS enemy aircraft, losing l@nly one.
 '. "A Red Army man Of tho infan- ny regiment Romanov Romanov is also the name of the former Rus- Nlan ruling dynasty) stealthily ap- nroached an enemy scout motorcy- | @Aist and killed him.
 "The commander of Q sub-diyi- | don of the same regiment, junior lieutenant Mezuev, was thrice wounded but did not leave the field And continued fighting,
 "A car driver of the building bat- Rlion Of a formation detained four German iiiers who jumped from <heir damaged airplane and att empted to escape.
 Fought Eight Hours
 The commander of a machine sun company, being surrounded by 4he enemy for over eight hours, xnuRht ceaselessly, beat off blocking