The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05

Pravda called purge of gangs of enemy agents and spies" were for mer White Guard (Czaris0 officers magistrates and former high civil servants of the CZarist regime.
 Others were identified as young Russians whose parents previously had been arrested and sentenced for anti-Soviet activities.
 P. Kubatkin. commissar for state security, was quotSd by Pravda as saying that the spies sent into Len ingrad presumably Smuggled through the lines-during the win ter and spring made contact with organized counter revolutionary gangs.
 With the help of these fifth col- umnists, it was said. the Germans hoped to make the capture of Lem ingrad easier.
 Kubatkin reported that the Ger mans began sending spies through the lines into the barricaded city during the height of the battle which began last winter and con? tinued through the spring until the Russians finally broke the siege ring and sent aid to the northern city.
 The assignments of the enemy agents. according to Pravda's ac- count included:
 1. Gathering of military informa- ton regarding Leningrad's defenses and reserves.
 2. An attack on the Red Army defenders from the rear as soon as the German forces penetrated the city.
 3. Distribution of Fascist propa- ganda.
 4. Exploitation of the city,s food shortage to create widespread un- rest.
 5. Disruption of the food system by inundating Leningrad with counterfeit food ration cards.
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 London, Aug. 5 = (UP) = Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch's patriot army has killed 1,400 Axis troops, wound- ed 600 and captured 1000 includ- HE AICI 11AA6h 4hAAo eSAA4 Greats in major battle in the Bos- nian area of West-Central Jugo- slavia, advices said today.
 Bulgarian troops were compelled to retire from the sector and heavy fighting is continuing between the patriots and the other Axis troops, 1t was said.
 i.. Io otoet ,1aUyc nF fIn of the patriot army came in a for nal communique from Gen. Mihail- ovitchs headquarters in Jugoslavia and '.ias released today by the Jugo- slav government in exile here.
 A radio Moscow report heard in London quoted communique from Yutoslav guerrilla headquarters an- nouncing that the guerrilla troops forced retreat of Italians who launched strong attack in the Kasatskie Gorythe sector, supported by planes tanks and artillery. The Italian retreated in the direction of Bostanska, the communique said, leaving 4,000 killed or wounded on the battlefield, and losing seven LIlC 6uCAA AAAAh
 tarks and three anti-tank guns to
 It reported that after capturing the towns of Prozor and Gorni Vakue in Bosnia, in the Verbas river area, the patriot guerrillas were continuing their progress northwest along the river toward the import ant railroad towns of Jajce and Travnik, 160 miles west of Belgrade.
 Fighting was heavy throughout the region, the communique said.
 It reported that near Bugojno, 20 miles southwest of Travnik, Jugo- slav shock troops" killer 100 Croats and destroyed the railroad station.
 Another unit cut the railroad at many points between Jajce and Donji Vakuf, the communique said and also cut the Travnik-Donji Va- kuf line.
 The railroad stations at Sabesiv and Oberci were destroyed in a dar- ing hand grenade, the communlque said.
 It reporte that in the far north- western section of Ljubljana. near the Italian fronteir, the Jugoslavs continued successful operations.