The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-13
NAV In Position To Smash
Last Hinge Between
Fronts
ur1yE BEREGA FALLS
Germans Lose More Than
e0O Men In One Coun-
ter-Attack

a,,.,;.n troops imperilling Bry-
srashed to within artillery
ann ann If that great German base
Faa a.er5av when they captured the
yes'' .+ation of Beige Berega, only
raj &c. ;,as IN the east. Moscow an
n- NJ early today.
'y Soyiet big guns now are IN a
oG ;t;on TO shatter the last major
ll.a connecting the enemy's sag
mug ls central and southern fronts.
sl ..Tbe Germans put up strong re-
.. ~. the communique said OF
~ ++bree.sided attack on Bryansk,
~, r,,,t W. under the blows of our troops
.. .~s forced to abandon one posi-
tion after another. eoo
'-g Tho Germans lost more than 500
men in one futile counter-attack'
i, added. . roror+ed
:. t sars made swift gains in many
~ .., ,r', sectors Of the long front,
,..rl5ns total of $500 Germans
s s--jns the day, liberating 1000
Tr. civilians the Germans were
t ssriirs westward with them, and
' .sn-,,ri,s or destroying ST tanks,
On Trucks. g. guns and great
=. o4nar eol1iDm ent.
SS sill Jashing westward under
s!iss dominated by the Red ar
t : tbe Soviet troops were de-
.lsrsd 70 have gained up to Is IL
w:res and swept up more than
20 villages and rail stations IN
r,,rs,,i- Of disordered Germans
tslng back toward the Dnieper
river. d.
2oslavl, midway between Bry-
anst and smolensk on the central
front. also n enaced by a new
Soviet drive, the communique dis
cosed.
Other Russian armies farther
south we're closing in on Nezhin,
Eonly 2 miles northeast of Kiev,
khe Ukraine capital Moscow dis
matches said that Soviet troops
Mad entered Poltava province just
hast of the Dnieper river bend
bitter cracking the finest German
mustered against them be-
Etween the Psel and Vorskla rivers
North Of the city of Poltava.
Red army men pursuing broken
herman divisions fleeing out of the
Donets basin, the communicate
8aid. had made the IS 1-2-nile ad-
lance, the greatest gain Of the day,
4apturing more than 50 localities,
hcluding the district center of
Stary-Kermenchik, 50 miles south
nest Of Stalino.
The Donets basin armies were
Iacing for the Kharkov-Crimea
railway in an effort to cut that last
Trunk line east Of the Dnieper and
tap thousands Of German troops
anchored in the Crimea and the
western Caucasus.
Il The communique recorded By
@fe Soviet monitor said the fresh
lpnge toward Bryansk gained
prom three to four miles and re-
pulled in the capture of 40 local
Nite8.
The Germans captured Bryansk
Vct. 10, l941, and the city now is
endangered by Soviet units at
PACKING from the north and south
S well as in the unrestricted
ar9uroS y miles to the east.
Inc units on the north were
lnln ~ miles Of Bryansk after
'pturlng Bitosh TO cut the rail-
Way 10 wanna; on the south they
sFe within 30 miles after taking
Sa'lya on lines leading to Kono-
and Kharkov.
olyaasks fall would open the
r T.ss to a Soviet sweep toward
,a'e Russia IS miles beyond, and
.sG A90cE out the main prop pres
r ,aE holding together the shaky
Is.laan central and southern
'o' that reason a terrific fight
expected in the siege Of the
aa ely which is ringed with loco
. .o..e steel works, and other
n.s'-eS reminiscent of Stain
rn w mere the Germans met their
.,''Ss' single disaster of the Rus
''l campaign.
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