Evening star., 1941-06-26
Russians Holding
On All Fronts,
Dispatches Say
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 26.-Masses of
Soviet troops, thrown into the
line after German panzer units
had broken through in the drive
on Wilma in Lithuania, reformed
the front and checked the Nazl
advance, Russian military dis
patches declared today.
They reported Soviet troops hold
ing tight also at other points along
the 1,OO0-mile battle front and said
Przemysl. on the border of German
occupied Poland, was recaptured in
q Russian counterattack.
tDNB, official German news
agency, said today in Berlin that
authoritative sources in Budapest
reported Russian planes had
bombed Hungarian territory,
causing heavy damage in two
villages0
Sale OF vodka, wine and other
alcoholic drinks was prohibited In
Moscow in a series of severe wartime
rulings. Civilians were instructed
to keep off the streets between mid
night and 4 am. and theaters, res
taurant and other public places must
close at l0:45 pm.
On the Lithuanian front, where
the Nazis are attempting one of their
main pushes, the advance was held
by massing large numbers OF new
troops in the Germans path, Red
Army leaders said,
Fail to Follow Tanks.
Reichswehr infantry failed COM
pletely in efforts to follow their
tanks through temporary gaps cut
by the panzer shock vehicles, they
asserted. They did not disclose the
fate of the tanks that had broken
through other than to say they had
been "cut of"
The press published accounts Of a
fight along the banks of river in
the Ukraine where, it said, peasants
joined 40 frontier guards to hold of
attacking Germans for two hours
until regular troops arrived.
German efforts to pierce the Rus
sian defenses in the Brody and
LWow sectors in the center OF the
battle front also were encounterlng
strong resistance on the part OF
communicating Red Army troops.
supported by the powerful blows OF
our air force, communique said.
Repeated German -Rumanian at
tempts to force the Prut River
boundary between Russia and Ru-
mania for less than year-Were
said to have been repulSed in the
region around Cernauti, capital OF
Bucovina, which is only Is miles
from the Ukraine.
Report on Southern Front.
On the situation at the extreme
southern end of the battle front,
where the Nazis apparently were
seeking to smash into the Ukraine
rich oil and wheat lands which
the Germans covet-the high COM
mand said:
In the BesSarabian sector of the
front, Red Army troops firmly hold
positions on the eastern bank OF
the Prut River, successfully repuls-
ing numerous enemy attempts TO
force the river.
In the area OF Skuleni the
enemy attempted to advance, but
suffered heavy defeat and his rem
nants are being pressed beyond the
Prut River. Germans and Ru-
manians were taken prisoner"
German mechanical formations
were said to have suffered heavy
losses in the yesterdays fighting in
the Lwow and Brody sectors of
Sovietized Poland, where, the COM
munique said: Fighting continues"
The high command spoke crypti-
cally of the operations around Wilma
and Oszmiana, saying only that:
I'm the course of fighting separate
groups of enemy tanks succeeded in
breaking through in the area Of
wilma and Oszmiana. Our land
troops, by stubborn resistance and
active operations, cut off enemy
infantry units in these directions
from their tank troops
wilma, in Sovietized Lithuania,
Is about IS miles northwest of
Oszmiana, in Soviet Poland.
The high command said that rs
hostile planes we're shot down in
yesterdays air fighting, in which
(See MOSCOW, Page A-l4)