The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-23
Russians Take East Prussia Forts,
Stand 165 Miles From Nazi Capital
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days greatest gain as it alone cap
tured more than 1000 Polish
towns. 1t swept 3S miles westward
across the Polish plains to seize
the rail and highway junction of
Gniezno, % miles northeast of Poz-
nan, 1865 airline miles from Berlin
and 1873 miles southeast of the big
German port of Stettin, at h e
mouth of the Oder, last defense
line before the Reich capital.
Gen. Ivan Y. Petrov's Fourth
Ukrainian Army, moving through
the Carpathians, drove forward
across Slovakia and southwestern
Poland, Selling among other towns
the salt center of Wieliczka, six
miles southeast of Krakow, a n d
Myslenice, 10 miles south of Kra-
koW.
To salute the days triumphs.
Premier Stalni issued five orders
& the day, and Moscow's guns fir.
~ 1o,608 victory salvoes.
The only point where the Rus
SLAMS were forced to retreat was
near the Hungarian fortress city
of Saskatchewan, % miles south
west of besieged Budapest. There
the Germans captured several To-
calities as they sought to break
the ring of enlightenment, around
the Hungarian capital, but Moscow
said the enemy suffered heavy
losses. Berlin claimed the recap
ture of Saskatchewan. Moscow
said the Russians captured 20
more streets blocks in western Bu-
dapest.
Moscow dispatches said all Rus
sian soldiers were watching h e
shrinking distance between their
spearheads and Berlin-noW rough
ly the airline distance from New
Yor to Baltimore-and that ad-
vances were so swift officers were
forced to change operational maps
several times. daily.
The First White Russian Army S
drive at the center of the front
cut a 32-mile stretch of the Der.
lin Poznan Insterburg railroad
from Gniezno northeast to captur.
ed Inowroclaw and put the Rus.
slams within SIS miles of the mair
Berlin-Danzig railroad at Schneide
muhl and 70 miles from the north
eastern German border.
Thirty-one miles north-northeast
OF Gniezno the Russians seized La
biszyn, opening the possibility O.
thanking drive northWard int
the Polish corridor along the ives
bank of the Vistula river. At La
biSzyn Zhukov's men were 81 mile.
south of Danzig, II miles south
OF the corridors guardian city O.
Bromberg, and had outflanked thu
east bank stronghold of Torun, q
> miles to the east.
Aleksandrow, 10 miles south o
Torun, also was seized. Along tn,
east bank of the Vistula, Seconc
White Russian Army forces operat
ing on Polish soil below East Prus
| oNN WIN Ivy pm, % u1llSS east o
Torun after gain of 10 miles
They also moved to within SO mile
OF the key east bank point of Grud
zladz by capturing Nowy Dwor, 1
miles south Of the spearhead
which took Dutsch Eylau in Eas
Preussia.
Southwark along the front wher
the Russians had outflanked tn
Warta river defense line on tn
north and south, they crossed tn
middle reaches of the river an
e captured Stav, IL miles southeas
OF the big eight-way rail and high
= way center of Kalisz. on the sout
road to Berlin 60 miles northea:
: of Breslau
: AS the two armies swung int
East Prussia from the north an
south and moved to within 70 mile
= OF a junction between Allenstei
!, and Petersdorf, Berlin reporte
n that other Soviet forces had begu
y. attacking from the east in h
! Romlnten Heath and SuWall
areas.