Germans Astonished By The Russian Counter-Offensive
SOVIET "SECRET WEAPON””
WITH NEITHER OF YESTERDAY'S COM MÚNIQUES TAKING THE STORY OF THE RUSSIAN BATTLE MUCH FURTHER, ONLY A FEW POINTS OF CLARITY EMERGE IN THE PICTURE OF THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT.
FINNISH LACK OF INTEREST
(By Reuter's Diplomatic
Correspondent)
Last night's report from Vichy that Marshal Mannerheim had with- drawn his troops away from the Karelian Isth- mus, north of Leningrad,
to a sector north of Lake Ladoga, seems, if correct, to be a remarkable indi- cation of the lack of in-
Attention naturally centres on the great struggle for Leningrad but the jeopardy of that great city is only one factor in the Rus-terest on the part of the sian situation as a whole.
at
Finns in the great Ger- man assault on Lenin-
The central front, Salla Legion in Northern Finland grad which is now in pro-
where intense fighting has been which covers Moscow is at resumed
gress. Kandalaksha for least as vital and it is the head of the White Sea. here that the invaders In the extreme north the Ger-
an
altack
One would have thought that this moment, if ever, was the one for the two allies to be
have been astonished by mans have launched
north-east of Petsamo with the battering at the same front if
the force of Timoshenko's
harimony.
Marshal aim of driving the Russians out they were really working in counter- of the Fishers Peninsula. Effec- tive opposition by Soviet warships Of has hitherto frustrated this Ger-
man move.-Reuter.
attacks and south Smolensk.
Along the whole vast length of the central front, the line sways one way and another and reports state that the Russians have hare thrown in one of their most for- midable "secret weapons," tanks of up to 64 tons in weight.
The German losses continue to be great but the Germans may still be able to sustain such losses for the time being provided they continue to gain ground, for was their own warrior king, Frederick the Great, who uttered the precept "to conquer is to ad- vance."
New Dangers
Towards the south new dan. gors threaten, The Nazis
are
the
at Chernigoff, 80 miles to roar of Kleff and 80 miles too near. And the enemy have forced the passage of the Dnieper.
noti
In Britain such facts are regarded either with complacency or despair but rather the moral is drawn that nothing shall be left undone to strengthen the Russian
resistance.
Karelia Battle Over?
Field-Marshal Mannerheim has transferred must of the Finnish troops from the Karelian Isthmus, north-west of Leningrad, to other, fronts, stated a Felsinki despatch to the Vichy News Agency yes- terday.
Thus it seems that fighting in the Isthmus is virtually at at: end, added the despatch..
Finnish Advance
The Vichy agency states that
the Finns' new objective is the
Marshal Mannerheim is said to
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The Commonwealth Navy Minister, Mr. Hughes, declared yes- terday in Sydney that the report was untrue and he expressed the opinion that it was а pity such reports were not verified before publication.--Reuter.
DELIVERIES TO TURKEY
120,000 RUMANIAN DEAD
Twenty thousand Ru- manians were killed out- side Odessa during the first 10 days of Septem- ber by the defenders, in- cluding the famous mar- lines and sailors of the Black Sea Fleet, says the "Red Fleet."
Tanks, guns and hundreds machine-guns and thousands prisoners were also lost by enemy.
of
of
the
From the city itself 12,000 men and 20,000 Comsomols (members of the Russian Youth Movement) have gone to the front.
The article also recounts how 22 one Soviet soldier bayoneted Rumarians while 21 machine- gunner mowed down 300 of the enemy. A regiment of Marines commanded by Colonel Osipov cut In reality, of course, the Ger-
DURING EIGHT MONTHS UP them back into the sea and killed off a Rumanian regiment, forced mans are seen in London as be-
TO THE uninterested
END in
OF ing completely
AUGUST,large numbers. BRITAIN HAS DELIVERED TO Finland's prospects
in the pre- TURKEY
GOODS ΤΟ sent
THE to have war, and merely
VALUE OF £3,598,433 AND hoped to persuade the Finns to bear as large a share as possible THEY CONTINUE TO BE SHIP- PED AT ABOUT THE SAME of the German army's burdens
RATE. on Russia's northern front.
Largest single item, of £733,- If Vichy's report proves true,[806, was 9,704 tons of locomo- Mannerheim's move may well tives, tenders and goods wagons.
of
In three days of: incessant fighting the First, Regiment seamen smashed two regimenta of enemy marines, many tanks, Buns and machine-guneand captured much other material.
Fierce fighting is still going on but the enemy has gained nothing
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be an indication that he does Cotton piece-goods were the not see any reason for throw [next biggest in valile at £518,442, while the city in the meantime.
ing away further Finnish lives-Reuter. merely In order to help the German assault on Leningrad.
Instead he seems to be turning his attention to territory of direct interest to the Finns. Reuter.
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EPIC STORY OF A BRITISH "SUB"
WITH 18 FEET of her bows missing, a 12-
conquest of Soviet Karelia, and foot split in her amidships and other severe ** have promised this new territory damage after hitting a mine, the submarine
to Finland.
It is stated that most of the H.M.S. Triumph limped home 300 miles wards Petrosavadak on the wes- across the North Sea.
Finnish tropps are advancing to-
tern shore of Lake Onega, while
the rest are tackling the Russians. along the western bank of. the
and Onega....
But she was repaired and has since tor-
River Svit between Lakes Ladoga pedoed five worships and five supply vessels. Her exploits were disclosed last night by the to have reached this area, which Admiralty, nearly 12 months after they had is about 150 miles north-east of begun, on Boxing Day. Leningrad and 75 miles south-
The Finns a week ago claimed
frontier.
east of the former Soviet-Finnish It complètes a brief announce- Unable to dive, Triumph lay ment in April last year that L.-right Inside' mine-infested" enemy According to a Helsinki dis- Comdr. John Wentworth McCoy water making water fast, The patch, the Finns have cut the then her commander had been pumps had to be kept running at Leningrad-Murmansky railway awarded the D.S.C. for "outstand- full capacity, with ratings plug- where-It touches the Svir, but ing initiative; skill and resource ging the leaks.: are: 30 miles from it further
when a mine struck his ship." north.
Soviet Using Fleet
The Finngare stated to be trying to establish a continuous line along the Svir, aftor ogcupy- ing a few points on its banks,
German-Finish reinforcements have been brought up in the
In bad weather
None of the crew was injured "It seemed as if she was push- by the mine explosion-and an ing up half the North Sea" as she able seaman sleeping only about started the long voyage home it 30 feet from where the mine went Ave to alter she had to re- off did not wake,
Of 10 torpedoes ready for fir- duce speed to two and a half knots ing-one was missing, only the for a whole day, and at one time after part of another was left wat in danger of being attacked by; and the tubs of a third was a Dornier which, however, un es- orushed in, but-nona-exploded., cort plane drove off-Reuter."
has become a fortress-Reuter.
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