Evening star., 1941-06-30
2Germun Drives
At Leningrod
Declared Halted
(Tert OF Russian ComntuniQue
on Page A-6.J
BY the Associs ted Press.

MOSCOW, June 30.-Now un-
der attack in strategic sectors of
the whole of a 2,000-mile front
with Germany and her allies, the
Red Army reported today a stub
born resistance to the invaders
in the areas of MurmanSk,
DvinSk, MinSk and Luck, the re-
pulse of two attempted shortcut
drives toward Leningrad and
aerial entrapment of a panzer
force.
The last "a hours brought an ex-
tension of the active front through
a German attack across the eX-
treme north of the Finnish border
toward the Russian Arctic port of
Murmansk and repeated assaults
on Russia's Karelian isthmus from
tier with Finland, north of Lenin-
grad.
The enemy-either or both Ger
man and Finnish troops-made re-
peated attacks yesterday to cross the
Karelian Isthmus border but each
time was thrown back by fierce
counter-fire and counter-a attacks,
suffering heavy losses, said today S
Russian communique.
In the Kakisalmi (Keksholm) Sec
tor on Lake Ladoga at the eastern
edge of the isthmus there were
three attacks by two infantry bat
talions. When the last of these was
rolled back the communique said,
300 invaders lay dead.
On the eastern edge of the 18TH
mus, near Viipuri, the enemy at
tempted naval landing, but, the
Red Army reported, the landing
force was wiped out in its very ois-
embarkation. Viipuri and Kakisalmi
are both about 700 miles from the
great war center, Leningrad, Viipuri
to the northwest and Kakisalmi
north.
Report Short of Detail.
The Russian report was short on
detail of the battle for Murmansk,
the Dvinsk-pointed Baltic drive to-
ward Riga or Leningrad. and fight
ing in the Polish-White Russian sec
tor where Minsk and foothold in
old Russia is at stake and in the
Luck region of Poland where the
Germans are pointed toward the
Ukraine.
In the Minsk sector the Germans
were almost third of the way to
Moscow, still more than 400 miles
away, and in the Dvinsk sector of
Latvia they were third of the way
to Leningrad, more than 300 miles
from Dvinsk.
tThe Germans said they were
about half way between Minsk
and Moscow
During last night our troops con-
tinued stubborn fighting in the
Murmansk, Dvinsk, Minsk and Luck
sectors" the communique said SIM
ply. In other sectors of the front
night reconnaissance, frequent troop
re-groupings and artillery duels
took place"
The action highlight of the COM
was an account of Is Ger
man tanks destroyed by bombers
and Russian tanks after a recon-
naissance group had cut off a pam
zer unit at village identified only
as *"
Soviet bomber squadrons flew to
meet the enemy" said the COM
LAS a result of the bat
tie. in which crews of our aircraft
and our tanks showed courage and
fortitude, the enemy was defeated
Fifteen tanks were destroyed"
In addition, the Red Air Force
was credited with destruction of So
planes against 81 of its own.
Termlng the German high COM
claim yesterday of vast
gains and great destruction "a man
itest lie and boastful humbug," the
Moscow communique listed these
figures OF its own for the two sides:
Tanks destroyed or captured,
$500 German, up to 900 Russian:
planes destroyed, 1900 German, $40
Russian; prisoners, 10000 German,
$4,000 Russian.
cine German summary of the
first week of fighting said the
Nazi war machine destroyed 2.233
Russian tanks, 1897 armored
(See MOSCOW, Page A-3)