Evening star., 1944-07-09
Japs' Attack Smashed on Saipan;
Violent Battle Raging at Caen;
Russians Fight Way Into Wi|no
Soviets Capture
Borunowicze on
Route to Warsaw
MAP on Page A-5.)
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday July 9.-The
Red Army yesterday captured
Baranowicze, important fortress
on the invasion route to warsaw
fought its way into the streets
Of Wilno and cut the Wilno-
Daugavpils railway, one of the
German supply backbones fol
defense Of East Prussia and tht
Baltic States, Moscow announced
last night.
Berlin said Marshal Gregory X
Zhukov's long rested 1st Ukrain.
Army had gone over to the offensiv.
in the southern part Of old POLAND
between Kowel and Lwow, thus ex.
tending the fast-moving Russian
front to a distance of 500 miles be
tween the Daugavpils (Dvinsk) ares
of Latvia to the Carpathian Noun.
tain approaches east OF Lwow.
Russian infantry, tanks and ar.
tillery broke into Wilno and in
bitter fighting were inflicting tire
mendous losses" on the reelins
Nazis. the Soviet midnight com.
munique supplement said. In early
stages OF the battle for the city, Red
Army troops destroyed tive Nazi
tanks, eight gun batteries and AZ
machine guns.
Heavy German Losses.
In another sector as German de-
fense lines before the historic key
city cracked. 4 Nazi infantry regi-
ment was routed as it was being
hurled into battle, the supplement
said.
The slaughter of $4,000 German,
trapped east of Minsk and the
capture OF 15,102 in four days also
was announced In yesterdays COM
munique. The Russians, since June
%, have killed or captured approx
imately 275,OOO Germans on the
basis OF Moscow announcements
While Moscow had not confirmed
the NaN report of \ new offensive
Berlin usually announces the un-
folding OF Russian drives ahead oi
Moscow.a Marshal Zhukovs troop,
are on the southern flank Of Mar
shall X. K. Rokossovsky's 1st White
Russian front armies which have
taken Kowel. only ITO miles south
east OF Warsaw, and which also
are only IS miles southeast OF
Brest -Litovsk. Bug River strong
hold captured by the Germans ir
the hrst few hours Of their 1941
war against Russia.
Marshal Rokossovsky's troops and
those OF Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakkov-
sky's White Russia Army swept
through approximately TAO towns
and villages during the day. said
the communique broadcast by Mos
COW and recorded by the Soviet
monitor.
Retreat to Big Line Indicated.
The progress of Marshal Ivan
Bagramian'S Baltic Army, hammer
ing only a few miles from the Lat
Wan border, was not given in the
communique.
Premier Stain announced the
capture OF Baranowicze which Is 12(
miles northeast of Brest-Litovsk
and about the same distance east OF
Bialystok. fortresses guarding the
approaches to Warsaw. Berlin re-
ports have indicated that the Ger
mans in the Kowel area had re.
treated 40 miles to the Bug Rive,
line from which they launched Their
l941 attack.
Premier Stain identified Baran.
owicze as regional center OF
White Russia" and a powerful
fortified area of the German de-
lenses guarding the Bialystok anc
Brest-Litovsky directions.
Fall OF Baranowicze to the Rus.
slams, apparently without a struggle
placed Soviet forces $50 miles from
Berlin itself and 400 miles from
once-besieged Moscow.
The break-through into Wilno'.
streets put the Russians only 10t
miles from the borders of East
Prussia and about 1855 miles from
the Baltic. The last main German
supply artery extending into tn,
Baltic States Of Lithuania, Latvis
and Estonia. is only so miles aheae
OF the Russians-at Kaunas.
Three More Generals Captured.
Three more German general!
were reported captured by the Rus
slams in the trap east of Minsk. fal
behind the present Russian lines
They made total of 10 killed o.