Evening star., 1941-07-02
Berlin
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fell into our hands" in the Dubno
region when Russian armored forces
apparently tried to slice in on Ger
man rear divisions and were
crushed" the communique said.
German military sources said the
Russians were retreating both north
and south of LwoW, in the same war
sector. and had fallen into a new
encirclement to the east of the Ger
man-held city. German forces al
ready have begun trying to reduce
them, spokesman said.
With the fighting shifting east
ward beyond buffer Polish territory
onto the soil of Russia herself. how
ever, operations were in such fluX it
was difficult to foretell where de-
cisive clashes might occur.
In the north military sources said
other Russian forces were sur
rounded on the seaboard along Riga
Bay west of that city. with no
chance of escape and, with Windau
in German hands. no chance either
of withdrawal by sea.
Besides the old Latvian capital of
Riga, which previously had been
reported under the sWastika after
a two-day house toulouse battle, the
Germans said Windau in Sovietized
Latvia also had been occupied yes
terday.
"a broadcast special communi-
que of the German high COM
mand, heard by C. B. S. in New
York. asserted that German
troops have smashed strong
Soviet forces in the area OF
Kaunss and captured their entire
arms and equipment.
The broadcast said the Ger
mans took in this action ga
armored cars, more than $50 guns,
| % anti-aircraft guns and 81
tanks" in addition to 500 machine
guns.
The Germans announced the
capture of Kaunas. capital of
| Sovietized Lithuania. on Sunday
Still further to the north on the
German front closing toward Lenin-
grad. RuSSia's second city, the high
command said German Finnish
/ forces had launched attacks across
| the frontier into Russia from Gen.
trail and Northern Finland. No de-
tails on this apparently developing
battle zone were given, however.
The British radio quoted
controlled Norw egian
broadcast saying that the Rus
sian base of Viipuri, on the Ka-
relian Isthmus, ATTACHED yester-
day by German forces from the
sea. has been surrounded.
The surrounding force. ac-
cording to the broadcast heard in.
New York. consisted of Finnish
soldiers who were said to have
landed behind the Russian base)
"a Planes Destroyed.
Filling out the communlQue bare
statement that the Luftwaffe sup
ported the army yesterday with con-
| tinuous bombardments of Russian
positions, DNB.. official German
news agency, reported total OF "a
Red Army planes destroyed, 80 in
| air battles and the rest on the
| ground
| German air strength smashed
heaviest against the Soviet rear.
D.N.B. said, striking far into the in
terror behind all the Eastern battle
| fields, particularly airfields, rail-
roads, troops and truck columns.
In one raid alone, it declared,
nine tanks, so trucks, a battery OF
three guns, six transport trains and
one armored train were destroyed.
In another, it said, seven tanks ana
/ SO trucks were destroyed.
Heavy losses through air attack
on Russian forces retreating east
ward from Lwow, Minsk and into
Estonia were mentioned specifically
by the high command.
Hungarians Join Attack.
On the Galician front. at the
OJIlcT cIlu Vi ttlC lidAi biii eiSt iiioc
Russia through the Bialystok-Minsk
sector, it said Hungarian Army
forces attacking through Carpathian
mountain passes had Joined the
German attack on schedule
Almost 200 miles beyond the
White Russian capital of Minsk on
the road to Moscow, the rail juno
ton town of Smolensk was said to
be under heavy aerial lombard
ment-possibly to soften" its de-
fenses for a thrust by panzer
| spearhead.
A military spokesman hinted
Monday night that advance units
were within sight of old, industrial
Smolensk, but the high command
so far has said only that German
troops reached the Berezina River.
ct is less than third OF the way
from Minsk to SmolenskD
Between the Pinsk marshes and
the Carpathians the German ARMY
aided by Slovak forces, was follow
ing up a Russian retreat into the
Ukraine, the high command de-
clared. 1t reported advances into
the Soviet bread-basket by columns
nortL and So,,th of ronttIred T,Uouu