Evening star., 1941-07-22
Russians Declare
Lines Still Intact
In Key Sectors
BY TIE Associated Press.

MOSCOW, July 22.-The Ger
man LuftWaffe struck in force
for the first time at the capital
of Russia last night and today.
showering high-explosive and
incendiary bombs over the city
and it's outskirts for five and
half hours.
The government said 200 bombers
participated in the raid. and. al
though fires were started and civil
ians killed, the attack should be
considered a failure, for no military
objective whatsoever was hit and
II of the bombers. nearly 10 per
cent of the striking force were shot
down by Red air feet night fighters
and ground gunners.
A large bomb crater gaped in
Mokovaya street in front Of the
American Embassy. but this was the
only sign of damage in the center
of the city.
One incendiary bomb fell on the
roof of the Associated Press COM
bination Office and apartment, but
youth on guard threw it into the
courtyard, where it burned out.
Many buildings were hit. but they
all appeared to be private dwellings.
The Kremlin and other public
centers were untouched.
Stubborn Fighting.
From the front the Soviet COM
mand reported stubborn fighting
continuing into the second month
of the conflict, with the lines still
running through the Pskov. Polotsk-
Newell, Smolensk and Novograd Vo-
lynSkl areaS-the same sectors be-
fore Leningrad. Moscow and Kiev
which the Russians have been de-
Tending for several days.
Elsewhere no major operations
took place. war bulletin said
TODAY.
Authoritative sources in Lon
don, however, said Russian forces
'NNASoSllS III DCDSdI oDid dllu at
Odessa were endangered by
southwark German thrust de-
veloping from the Kiev area
down the west bank of the
Dniester. German reports said
10000 Russians were captured in
that area Sunday
The air raid on Moscow lasted
from soon after dusk until nearly
dawn. but found Moscow blacked out
and camouf1aged.
"A Russian broadcast. heard in
New York bN C. B. S.. said the
usual atmosphere reigned in
Moscow today" after the raid,
with trains. trans and buses
carrying their usual number of
workers, collective farmers ar
irving in the city to sell their
meat and vegetables. and every
thing proceeding in an ordered,
calm State')
MuscoviteS, drilled by six previous
alarms which had brought no bomb
ing, were said by the Russians to
have been steeled for the attack
and to have acted calmly.
Defense Crews Praised.
The defense crews were declared
to have similarly acquitted them
selves with credit.
Members of the Soviet govern
ment, staying in their capital, sat
out the raid with the civilians.
The alarm came just at sunset.
the sirens sounding full 10 minutes.
This alarm. much longer than pre-
vious alerts, gave Muscovites the
warning that real raid was coming.
Then 10 minutes later, loud speak
ers warned the people to go to their
AFRAID shelters. They filed quietly
to subway stations and cellars.
After the attack, the streets were
crowded by throngs as great as those
normally seen at midday.
The Germans dumped explosive
bombs, then scattered incendiaries
In an attack described here as SINH
lar to those against London.
A communique issued shortly after
the attack. which started at 1910
pm. t2:l0 pm, E. S. t. asserted
"the attempt should be considered
a failure - and added:
Defense detachments of our mill
tary force prevented the main forces
OF German planes from reaching
Moscow. Only isolated enemy planes
broke through defense detachments.
Several private dwellings were set
afire and small number of persons
were killed or wounded. Not
single military objective was dam
aged"
Two earlier attempts to raid Len
(See MOSCOW, Page A-3)