The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-20
War

hailing the great victories being
effected on the Pulkovo and Orsni-
enbaum areas. said that "Tenac-
ious" battles resulted In. the ser.
ious defeat" of seven enemy divi.
sions. The Red Army. he added.
ripped as far as l2l2 miles through
deeply echeloned' German de-
lenses through gaps from go to %
miles wide.
Among towns seized we're Kras.
noye Selo, scarcely eight miles
from the important rail junction Of
Krasnogvardeisk: the stronghold
of Peterhof, and the important
road Junction of Ropsha. On the
Nolkhoy front, the Red Army over
came strong counter-attacks and
served the Leningrad- Novgorod
railroad while advancing to the
northwest tip of Lake linen, thus
semi-encircling the important rail
hub OF Novgorod. Some units NOV
ed forward 10 miles.
Further Gains
Elsewhere on the eastern front,
particularly in old Poland and the
Nasya section of White Russia
the Soviets made further gaines
One Red Army column took Cos
cha, district center only II miles
east OF the rail junction OF Rovno
which is war beyond the pre-1939
Polish frontier.
The western portion OF the enc
mys continental fortress flared
into artillery action when British
and German long-range batteries
exchanged bombardments this
morning. The Allied guns we're
first to roar, and observers beliey-
ed the duel was touched off when
Nazi convoy tried to sneak
through the Dover straits.
The trans-channel exchange con-
tiuued for three hours, ending
shortly after dawn, and British
south coast artillery fired approx
mately so shells. with results not
Immediately announced
Extended Bideeheads
IN Italy, British troops OF the
Fifth Army extended their bridge
heads across the rain.swollen
Garigliano River, while American
and French units of the same force
battered the heayily-fortified Gus
tay line shielding Liri Valley ap-
proaches to Rome.
Casino, immediate objective Of
the Frsnco-Americap push. uas re
portedly under Allied shell FIRE.
At the Adriatic end OF the trans.
Italian battlefront, Canadian troops
withdrew TO their original posi-
lions after Selling limited objec
tiyes. possibly to test the cnemys
strength prior to new push to-
ward Pescara.
Both in the Central and South.
west Pacific, the Japs we're pound
cd from the air Navy Liberator
I heavy bombers were revealed TO
have carried out the first air raid
against the Caroline Islands.
pounding shore installations on
Kusaie This. together with an
other island $50 miles to the west,
I'Of iNt1 ih' JrhHhte WIN 'ooF
stepping stones between Truk and
the Marshall Archipelago. Mon
/ days raid was Viewed as the open.
ing OF United Nations campaign
TO hamper enemy reinforcement
channels between these two i'm
portsnt strongholds.
Mile Atoll in the Jap-held Mar
shalls also was hammered Mon
dav an official Navy com muni1ue
said The Jap Domei agency add
, cd 10 this report. saying the
Americans returned on the two
following days TO again pound the
same Mace.
Eight Jap merchantmen we're hit
Three Of them sinking immedi-
stely-When Navy bombers and
escortinE fighters battled their way
through 100 enemy interceptors 10
/ blast shipping targets at Rabaul
on New Britain At least Is. and
probably So. Of the Jap planes were
destroyed. while the raiders lost
/ IL OF their number.