Evening star., 1941-10-11
War
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'SOiltllluCu L IUul t Ii ST fdSP.f
ponent to break through collapsed
IN the face of attacks by German
troops everywhere. The number oi
prisoners and booty is growing
steadily"
Nevertheless, German newspapers
told the people that the men at the
front would not be home this winter
which seemed to indicate that Hit
lers description of the Moscow
offensive as the last great. decisive
battle this year" did not mean ar
end to the war with Russia.
The campaign goes on" said the
Berlin newspaper Lokal Anzeiger.
Unconfrmed Berlin reports said
the Germans were driving on the
Volga River city of Rzhev, 135 miles
northwest of Moscow, and had cap
tured Tulla railway junction, los
miles due east of the Soviet capital
thus drawing a complete half cir
Gle around Moscow.
The Finnish air force repeatedly
bombed trains, loading centers, a
station and bridge of Soviet Russia s
Murmansk-Leningrad Railway be-
tween Kondopoga and Karelskava, a
HelSlnki communique said.
Reds Retreat in South.
On the southern front, the Ger
mans were reported to be pressing
toward the Ukrainian city of Nell
topol, advancing at a number of
points despite heavy losses.
Red Star said the Russians there
conducted an orderly retreat. but
the situation remains extremely
grave, with a direct danger threat
ening number of the most impor-
tant industrial centers of the Sea
of Azov region"
The German air force continued
to make flights over the Moscow
area, where the raiders were con-
stantly challenged by anti-aircraft
guns and pursuit planes.
Pravda, the Communist party
paper. said enormous losses have
not stopped the advance of the Ger
man columns. Our fighters struggle
with courage and self-sacrif1ce."
From Far Northern Murmansk, a
dispatch said combined British and
Russian fighter forces had turned
back a German attempt to raid the
ice-free port. OF 25 German raiders,
it said five were downed, three by
British Hurricanes, and the Rus
sian-British squadron suffered no
losses.
United States Ambassador Lau-
renee. A. Steinhardt announced,
meanwhile, that he had postponed
his proposed return to Washington
for consultations because of the
pressure of WORK and would remain
in Moscow indefinitely.
Diversion Front Urged.
Red Star took up the question of
a diversion front in Western Europe
as the most effective means of aid
ing Russia.
Action in the first World War
repeatedly proved that active opera
tionS on an unattached front i'm
prove the situation on an attacked
front" it said.
In the present war, the action of
British forces in Africa last winter
caused a partial withdrawal of Ger
man air forces from Western Europe.
Now the main forces of the Ger
man Army are chained in the east,
creating most favorable conditions
for actiVization OF action on other
fronts of the anti-German coali-
ton
The newspaper, although conced-
ing numerical superiority to the
Germans in the central sector, de-
clared Russian reserves were moving
up day and night and emphasized
their fitness for battle.
Many have not yet fought in this
war but are fully trained for modern
warfare, it said. All are warmly
dressed for winter action, have
weapons and are bolstered
by new tanks and fast planes.