THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 3, 1941.
Ubrary, Supreme Court
Berlin "Believes'
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Battle
For Leningrad Has Started
NAZIS MAKE USUAL CLAIMS
WELL - INFORMED BERLIN CIRCLES “BELIEVE THE BATTLE FOR LENINGRAD HAS ALREADY BEGUN," SAYS THE BERLIN CORRESPONDENT OF THE STOCKHOLM. “DAGBLADET.”
The Nazis claim their troops have al- ready penetrated the "outer defences" of the city at several points, he said, and their ad- vanced troops are "in the vicinity of the city,”
The "final assault" may be ex- pected at any moment, he adds.
These claims are not mentioned
by the Berlin correspondents of the "Dagens Nyheter" and the Stockholm "Tidningen." who merely report incessant rain ham- pering the operations and further Russian forces "annihilated" south of Lake Imen.
The Germans claim, accord- ing to these correspondents, that a great encircling move. ment is proceeding successful- ly north of Novgorod.
The Germans admit counter- attacks on the central sector, the correspondents add, but claim they have "not reached their goal," neither have the Russians succeeded in regaining the west bank of the Dnieper despite con- tinued efforts.
Karelian Sector
Swedish correspondents in Fin- land say the Russians are now holding the Stalin Line across the Karelian Isthmus.
The Finns claim they have cap- tured Sakkola, about 50 miles south-east of Viborg, and reached Taipale, just east of Sakkola.
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MUSSOLINI
ASKED TO FILL GAPS
M. Lozovsky, the spokesman, said in Moscow yesterday Hitler had appealed to Mussolini to fill the gaps caused by huge Nazi losses on the easter front, says Reuter.
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BOLD RAIDS BY GUERILLAS IN BESSARABIA
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THE SUCCESSES of Soviet guerilla de- tachments operating in the Bessarabian dis- trict, now occupied by the German and Rumanian armies, are described in a supple- ment to the Soviet midday communique yes- terday.
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"By bold raids, blowing up the enemy's in-. stallations, guerillas are systematically sap- 000000004| ping the forces of the enemy and destroying
his ammunition and supplies," it says.
HEAVY ATTACK
IN BOBRUISK SECTOR
(By “Annalist")
"During August guerillas des- troyed 14 enemy tanks and arm-| oured cars, 32 lorries with am- munition, 44 wagons with supplies and over 40 petrol dumps.
During the past three days bombers of the Black Sea air arm carried out several raids on ports and enemy troops, "In the Smolensk direction our troops crushed an infantry regi- Iment of the 101st Division. Only eight to ten men remained in the regiment's companies."
"Direct hits put one enemy vessel out of action and our pilots also destroyed over 50 armoured caus and many automatic weapons, adds the supplement.
Prisoner's Statement
FINLAND
WILL
1 Daire
FIGHT ON
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")
Finland has issued a THE FIRST OFFICIAL HINT THAT THE SOVIET HIGH COMMAND IS TAKING THE
denial,
1 of reports that her The supplementary communique troops will cease the ad- OFFENSIVE IN SOME SECTORS ON THE
attributes to a German officer, EASTERN FRONT MAY BE CONTAINED IN Ludwig Robert, who was taken vance when the lost terri- YESTERDAY'S RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE, prisoner, the statement that as a tory has been fully re-
result of losses on the eastern WHICH VARIES THE LANGUAGE CONSIS front the German High
["covered:" gh Command TENTLY USED IN THE PAST “"AND" "NOW had been obliged to recall Ger-Finland will not give up the iman garrisons from occupied battle," it was stated, "until the REFERS TO THE SOVIET ARMY “WAGING countries, including, France; Bel-merince from the east is totally
eliminated." BATTLES" ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONT: gium and Holland.
This formula may purposely be vague to cover both the "stern resistance” which has been the common lot of the Russian army in It is claimed Russian prisoners the past 11 weeks and the "counter-attacks"
reported the death of Major- General Sellentsov, commanding the 88th Russian Division.-Reu-
ter.
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HOLIDAY ROUSES CRITICS
Thousands of London people who ignored the Government's request to "stay put" in their homes for the August bank holi- day, and instead packed trains and other trans-
the
Some of them were reservists, Six Leftist members of
have...been diers, and these in turn are now arrested on â
originally replacing regular. sol- Finnish Parliament
charge of high replaced by wounded men.-Reu- treason, it was, announced in
ter.
to which the Russians are loath to commit SHIP LEFT
themselves publicly.
Authoritative quarters in Lon-Rogahev-Bobruisk
road, which
don are still without any direct may be confirmed by the German confirmation of the reported mention of fighting in Bobruisk
and are able itself.
counter-attacks merely
OUT IN THE
PART OF THE
IN FLAMES
British bombers escort-
to content themselves IF THE SOVIET FORCES. CAN with such a deduction or to as 'STRIKE SOUTH IN STRENGTH sume that as these reports eman- FROM THIS, THEIR NEW SA ed by fighters yesterday ate chiefly from German sources LIENT, AND JOIN FORCES they may be merely an over- WITH THE RED ARMY STILL morning made a low level subtle form of Nazi propaganda HOLDING designed to provide 'excuses to the 'NORTHERN German people for the lack of any PRIPET MARSHES, ONE GER- recent German advance.
MAN SPEARHEAD TOWARDS WILL BE NIPPED Rather naturally the German |GOMEL High Command does not sub- CLEAR AND NOT ONLY WILL scribe to these stories but con- THE THREAT TO THE FLANK tents itself with the assertion OF MARSHAL BUDENNY'S that operations are proceeding ARMY IN THE UKRAINE BE according to plan a claim REMOVED BUT THE GERMANS which can hardly be reconciled WILL HAVE, SUFFERED THEIR with the vigorous counter- FIRST "MAJOR REVERSE OF action by Its enemy.
THE WAR
“Stubborn Fighting"
Hopeful Aspect port services, earned a It is difficult under the circum-
. The Soviet midnight com- severe rebuke from the stances yet to appreciate the munique stated that stubborn London "Daily Express.'
"situation, the most hopeful aspect fighting continued along the whole
of which may truly be, as reports front, during September 2. from Stockholm. - yesterday as- "According to, precise data now "London," says the newspaper, "which showed, the big cities of serted, that both the Russian and available, 75. German planes the world how to take bombs, set German armies appear to be en were destroyed during. August 30. the worst holiday, example, with gaged in a more stationary strug- and not 31 as previously reported. "Oh August 31 23 German trains leaving the city in seven gle than at any stage since the
Stalin defence line was claimed planes were brought down in-
Reuter.
directions. Coal was stoked into by the Germans to have been air combats. We lost 22 'planes."- Iocomotives, while miners gave
" up their free
time to dig and pierced in July. petrol, bought at the cost of many lives, was burnt on the roads:
The next time the Governz“
ment wants the public to stay put on a holiday, It must jesue an order, not an appeal.” People who packed the rallway stations, fought for tickets, and scrambled for trains, were forced to trek sadly back at nightfall, because they had nowhere to) stay in the packed seaside towns. Others got lots of fresh air, but
It is likely that before, long some, concretă“. territorial gain or circumstantial account of the progress of the struggle will emerge from either sido to
RUMANIAN
olucidate the state of the main OIL LOSS
German threat to Leningrad 2 5
.or [the apparent Soviet threat directed by Marshal Timoshenko to both flanks of von, Boch's army i holding the German front from Smolensk to the northern boundary of the Pripet Marches,
little to eat, because the Ministry Bobruisk Battle
of Food refused to send, extra
MORE THAN 1,000,000. TONS. OF OIL HAVE BEEN DESTROY-. ED BY SOVIET RAIDS ON THE RUMANIAN OILFIELDS AND REFINERIES SAYS AN ARTI- CLE IN THE MOSCOW NEWS- PAPER "PRAVDA" YESTERDAY. Rumanian hospitals, according to the same source, are Scrowded
Bucharest, Rione.
supplies to the holiday towns.On the Nazi right flank. the with wounded, and, there are Thousands spent the holiday on Russians are reported to have 70,000 in
made, a strong thrust along the Reuter.
the Thames riverside,
Helsinki-International
Service.
News
attack on an enemy sup- ply ship off Dunkirk,
The vessel,” which was' protect: ed by six A.A. ships, as well as flyingboats, was hit twice and left enveloped in flames. }
Two Messerschmitts were des- troved by British fighters.
One Blenheim is missing, says an Air Ministry communique.
Reuter.
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