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SOVIET ASSAULT IN FRONT OF LENINGRAD: FIGHT TO DEATH
Special to the "Telegraph”
September 1941.
AID SOVIET MISSION PERSONNEL
LONDON, Sept. 3 (UP).-A great Russian Army: inspired by the arrival in the front line of Marshal Voroshilov, C-in-C of the Armies on the northwestern front, stands ready waiting for the expected Nazi assault on Leningrad. These men, states the Leningrad correspondent of the Russian Army Newspaper "Red Star," and quoted by Tass Agency, are ready to fight to the death. Battalion after battalion has already crossed the nouncement that Mr Averell Embankments towards the forest.
Before Marsha! Voroshilov directed the first navault against the advancing Nazis, he ordered his troops and the populace to "defend bravely this splendid city of Leningrad, your homes, your family honour and your liberty.”
Wavell's War Speech
From Indian Command
buffels and have undergone some heavy shocks, but we are still SIMLA, Sept. 3 (Reuter).-"We have suffered some rude upright and stronger than ever." declared General Sir Archibald Wavell, the Commander-in-Chief in India, in a broadcast message on the second anniversary of the war.
Latest reports from the front indicate that the Russians drove the Germans back across the river, presumably the Neva, under flerce artillery, tank and infantry attacks, while at the same time Soviet planes blasted German troop concentrations and bases.
large number of Soviet tanks out of Peasants are reported to ve re-nelion. They stated that in one corps turning, repairing houses, bridges sector a total of 92 Soviet tanks were und roads, and ifling the soil a mile shot up and wrecked. Between Au- behind the fighting line. The roads gust 30 and September 2 a total of are cluttered with German corpses. 170 Soviet tanks were destroyed.
In addition to the attack · against These quarters further claimed that the Nazis guide of Leningrad, the 1,400 prisoners, 107 guns and much
"There is a long way to Red army is reported to be making other war material has fallen into and a hard time is in front of counter-offensives locally in the German hands. Gomel and Louth Daleper directions. Plan of Battle
go
The official news agency claims us, but there are many signs MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (Reuter). The yesterday, strong Soviet forces were weaker and that from arrogant
that during the central front fighting that the enemy is growing
Ac-
INDIA HAS BIG. ARMY Latest Figures
visit of Marshal Voroshllov, Com- broken up and hurled back with new confidence he has passed into a mander of the Russian forces on the heavy tan
tanks being destroyed. northern front to the front outside cording to the reports these included restless anxiety which will turn Leningrad some ten days ago, is des- eleven of the heaviest type and one to despair as he sees his ruin cribed in the newspaper "Red Star 40-ton amphibian tank.
approach."
SIMLA, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-On to-day.
After reviewing events in the September 3, 1939, the strength The report, dated from Lentigrad, in the dense suys that Marshal Vorechilov arrived German
armoured Russia, he said: "The balance sheet 000 all ranks. To-day it
Beaverbrook Going For Britain WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Rou- ter)-President Roosevelt's an-
Harriman would
lend the American mission of five to Moscow said that they would act in conjunction with a similar mission led by Lord Beaverbrook to deal with supplies to Russia. The Mission Includes Major Gen- eral James H. Burns, executive officer of the Lease and Lend Administra- tion; Major-General George II. Brett, Chief of the Army Air Corpa; Ad- miral W. H. Standley, retired former Chief of Naval Operations; and Mr Production Division. William Blatt, Deputy Director of the
Nine Technicians The White House announces in addition that about nine technicians will be accompanying the Mission. No announcement has been made
the date of the Mission's
The holding of this Conference was ngreed between the President of the United States and Mr Churchill at their recent meeting nt sea, says a White House statement.
Part of the foodlands which the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and of India's army was some 237,- would be a
was carried on
and infantry
Runs.
been
has
India already has some 180,000 men serving overseas and this number is growing every month.
90 per cent military and 10 per cent
FOOCHOW IN HANDS OF CHINESE
It is sinted that Gen. Burns, who is associated with Mr Harry Hopkins, sort of "general muna- at an advanced position one evening forces had to comb out in the face I can put before you is, therefore, reached 700,000 and it is signi-
ger" of the Mission,
The Prealdent's Secretary, Mr Early, not long before his Order of the Day of bitter resistance. It is claimed by no means' an unsatisfactory one. calling upon the Leningrad to fight staunchly for their era were taken together with con- we have fuld, a firm foundation for alone it has increased by no cause the Mission's work "will be defenders of that in these operations 2,500 prison-The enemy is not yet defented but ficant that in the past 12 months told reporters that the Army would take precedence at conversations bo- splendid elty.
siderable war material, including his future detent."
fewer than 400,000. "During the night a plan of battle three Soviet tanks and nine
General Wavell disclosed that there was worked out and at down artil- Unsubstantiated Claims are well over 100,000 Indian troops India at the rate of 40,000 a month!
Hecruita are going into depots in naval," lery preparation begun. When the LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter) Len-serving overseas with the total of on the average, time for attack arrived, a battalion ingrad's defences have
3 Indians in the fighting forces op- under the enmand of Denisov thoroughly organised by Marshal pronching one million mark. erossed an embankment towards a Varoshitov that the forest. A storm of mine-throwers immobilise large German forces for
Indian Achievements Soviet troops and machine-gun fire proved power-many months. Jess before the spirited drive of our
There is no basis for the German men who reached the Zorest and bonst that their troops have reached disappeared from sight.
a point 15 miles outside the city, Enemy Flee
Despite the Finnish claim to have captured Vilpuri, the Finnish-German advance on Leningrad from the north in very slow, "A detachment under Senkur Lieu- tenant Sokolov,
The white-haired
situation in Leningrad lal veteran, was ordered to reinforce the considered among the most satisfac- Far East attacking battalion. His lekichment tors of the Russian front. As re-move has been carefully watched and drivers turned out 000 drivers a year. are rapidly advancing on Namol, the reached the river bank and entrench-ards armament, Leningrad is large-Indian soldiers in Malaya and Bume ed there for the night. Our troops ly a self-contained unit and adequate, defence of India's enstern bastions, to play their part in the then occupied the village throwing providing that important forces are the Germans back-about three milles, centred in and around the town with
Thus day and night our troops essential equipment.
"Soon a fight for the village began. Retreating bastily, the enemy abandoned their ammunition and equipment.
1X
Leningrad Situation
und
In the Middle East, Indian soldiers
Figures of expansion in the Jast have helped to secure our great base nine months are as of naval, military and air power in gineers, 484 per cent.; Signal Corps, follows: En- Egypt, to clear our lines of communi- 290 per cent.; Infantry 180 per cent.; cation by the Red Sea and overland Supply Corps, 400 per cent.; Trans- through Iraq, and forestall the Ger- port Corps, 950 per cent.: Medieni mans In Syria, Trng and Iran, thus Corps 255 per cent.; und Ordnance keeping our frontiers free of the Corps, 210 per cent.
CHUNGKINO, Sept. 3 (Central menace of Nazl destruction
Labour Unita
News). Following their entry into oppression.
Foochew this morning, Chinese troops Labour units will shortly reach are carrying on vigorous "mopping- General Wavell concluded: "In the total of some 22,000 in personnel.
also, Japan's southward
In 1039 training units
up" operations to round Japanese for lorry stragglers. Chinese pursuit by the spring of 1942, India will be fall of which is expected shortly.
troops
turning out 5.000 lorry drivers a The fall of Foochow was preceded month,
The
severe battle at Tungkow, north Ordnance Artificers School. of the city, last which
opened in 1939, produced 840 heavy Japanese losses,
resulting in night At the same time, German forces
artificers a year. To-day it is pro-
The are suffering unquestionably
first point Germans Hurled Back
ducing 6,000 a year and will be ex- Chinese was Hungshanchino, west of occupied by the precariousness of communications and
panderi shortly MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (Render).—The supplies which are getting more
to produce double Fonchow. nt 0.30 am. About 8.30 that figure, Germans have been hurled back, 30 dimeuit with September weather
a.m. the Chinese broke into the city Training schools of álf miles by the Russian counter-attacks which is likely before long to bor
kinds in proper. At 10 a.m., both Nantal and India have Increased in a ten-day baille, according to up the roads except rare mainroods.
in type
and Changchlenshnn were recovered. are numbers of entrances from report by Battalion
there Commissar Tallinn's loss, adinitted by the TOKYO, Sept. 3 (Dhunel).—The
The Chinese counter-attack on Vikolostrobisky, in the army organ Russians,
Staft Colleges and Officers Training Foochow started on August 25 beenme inevitable but Arst five years of the 20-year plan Schools to schools dealing in chemi-Japanese detachment driving on 25 when "Red Star Twenty-two vilinges German clatin's with
to coloniee Manchoukuo with 1,000,- regard had been re-captured and the Ger-Russians naval losses in this connec-000 families is completed this year tal warfare, camouflage and training Hsuanitow from Tungkow was re- man sallent "driven In."
on are described here as utterly and with the colonisation of 100,000 of dogs and pigeons.
pulsed. Following up their success. families. The Overseas Muistry and
the Chinese have steadily pushed for ward. Last night, the
the Chinese in separate columns launched a general attack on Foochow and after captur- Ing Tungkow, Hsinopalling and other points near Foochow, pressed toward The city itself, compelling the Japan- ese to abandon it.
are heroically defending
proaches to Lenin's City.”
the
from
COLONISING
MANCHUKUO
First Five Years
The scene of the battle vas not fantastic and there in very strong the Colonisation Bureau of Manchou- disclored but possibly It was the reason to believe that the bulk of the Color
Russian Ballic Fleet is still Intact.
central sector,
seen
The population of the re-captured villages are now re-building Bridges and hostily harvesting rye, which had stood too long during the Ger- | man occupation. They can be busy in the fields while the front is only a
few miles away. very fe An occasional shell drops in the re- taken territory.
Russion-troops-pre-wureking-for--
Germans in the villoges with the help of the villagers.
Nazi Claim Denied
Badly Needed Bottoms Are Promised
Kuo are completing plans for a fur- ther 200,000 families during the next five years.
In view of the greatly changed domestic and international situation,
BRITAIN'S FIRE
PREVENTION SCHEME
t is expected that the present coloni- sation policies will be re-examined
EDINBURGH, Sept. 3 (Reuter),- with the object of attaining self- The T.U.C. rejected by an sufficiency in foodstuffs in the East whelming majority a motion to refer
over Asin Prosperity Sphere and of stress-back to the General Council It's re-
Foreigners Safe. FOOCHOW; Sept. 3 (Central foreigners inside and outside the city News)-Fouchow is quiet and all
log-among-the prospective-colonists port on its negotiations with the pre-safe.
the fundamental idea of their im- Government on the subject of the evacuated Nantal and
The Japanese have completely WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Reuter).)
[plantation upon the continent.
Changchlen- Fire Prevention Scheme.. Due to shortage of labour and pre- The United States shipping pro-valling high wages, the present man-wille
shan, where most of the foreigners LONDON, Sept.
In this report, the General Council reside. 3 (Reuter)gramme is ahead of schedule, accord- "Reuter's" special correspondent ting to Rear Admiral Emory Land, revised in favour of the system at Fire Scheme were totally inadequate near Mamoi.
agerial system for farms will be
contending that the proposed Part of the Japanese is still re- Moscow legraphs that there is no Chairman of the Maritime Comenis present adopted experimentally in and that the scheme would not be
allowances for workers under the mining on Chowshitao, an island basis for the German claim that they sion, at a Press conference to-day. Hokkaido. are within 15 miles of Leningrad. Nazis Admit Counter-Attacks ing about 12,419,000 tons dead in other large scale agricultural Union movement to co-operate in the ite predicted that new ships total- Tractor and special forms, includ-essful on its present basis, rever- BERLIN, Sept. 3 (UP).-Heavy weight would be placed in operation projects started this year by the
the Trades Sovlet counter-attacks continued on between the beginning of lust July Monchoukuo Development Company, Scheme. the central front yesterday according and the end of 1943. These figures will be extended in order to increase
proposed machinery under the. to German reports, with the Russians do not include 105 vessels In com- output, such reclaimed land serving again turling their heaviest tanks mission in the long range program also as a guide to future coloniserseriticism of the scheme itself, a com- Budapest has sentenced to impel- against the German lines.
me which have been delivered up to Competent German quarters claim-to-day or the addition of small ves-
ed that the Germans successfully feels and craft for which the Cornmis- repulsed these attacks, putting asion Is contracting.
Nazis. Want to Fix Fronts In Russia Before Winter
(War Commentary by "Annalist") LONDON, Sept. 3. (Reuter)-With the last days of sum. mer drawing near, the great clush of arms on the eastern front is reaching a point where decisiens of vital consequence to the future course of the war will be reached.
the
Yugo-Slavia Is Not Yet Conquered
JERUSALEM, Sept. 3 (Reuter).- Finding themselves, completely im- potent in the face of resolute guerilla warfare l all parts of Serbia, German authorities have now hit upon the expedient of form- puppet Government under General Neditch, thus trying to enlist popular support.
Ing
11
Womna
Both sides are straining every can be pursued, notably in
German authorities have also an-. nouneed the intention of organising a nerve and taxing their, im- Eastern Mediterranean ind North Serbian army and introducing com- mediate resources to the limit Africa together, it is even possible, pulsory labour, hoping by this way to turn these decisions to their designed to pin down and weaken from forming into guerilin bands.
with a limited invasion of Delta to prevent able-bodied Inhabitants own advantage, but the more the Royal Air Force.
Simultaneously they are pursuing flerce the exchanges in the air The timetable for # serious terrorist' measures and the intest and on land become, the fewer invasion of Britain this year has atrocities, according to information authentic details reach the out-possible that the Germans plan to its in Jerusalem cells the undoubtedly been upset, but it reaching authoritative Yugo-Slav side world from the churned up switch back to northwest Europe shooting of several intellectuals from spaces where the world's two sufficient of their air force to mount Aleksinatz, Including greatest armies are at each other night blitz on England, ac teacher and judge charged with other's throat,
companied before the winter by the having Communistle sympathies, and Both the German and Soviet High landings to destroy selected R.A.F. V VS
VEQ of some air-borne divisions in ordering the exccution of another Commands keep their own coursef
townn for "subversive-pelivities." The effect In very brief two-line communiques, enes and other objet of these measures has only been to and in London authoritative quarters That these divisions will be certher, and to declare once again that official news
exacerbate public feeling still fur- is lacking and conument merely that deterrent to the German High Comment."
Jainly committing su
suleide will be no hostility to the alleged "new Govern- cause irreconcilable there is no confirmation of any ble mand should they consider the dam- change anywhere either at the scenenge they are likely to Inflict before at the German offensive around Leningrad or in the central and they are rounded up; killed or cap- southern sectors where the Russians tured worth the rlait
are reported to be persisting in their counter-attacks.
Other Campaigns
The
Minister. Price
Innocuous Sea Trip Of Mr. Roosevelt factors against such a venture, however, are the effect that such an WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Router). Indecisive invasion" will have on-Supplementing the White House's the minds of the sorely-tiled German dental that President Roosevelt had It is possible however, with the steady approach of winter to visualise motion and the time required to received an invitation to meet the
mount it. Since their bomber and Japanese Prime the main autumn purposes of the transport force on the western front Konoye on the high seas, the Pre- German strategy. They are to cap is down to bedrock it would ture Leningrad, Kiev, Odessa and them at least six weeks, it i
take sident's It is estimatsald
Secretary
Stephen Early Mr the only sea trip projected fer even Moscow with the object of fixed. Ing a front for the winter with The answer to the threat of fresh the Chesapeake and up the Patombe the President is from Annapolis down Russian naval, military, industrial German Initiative wherever it is to Workington: any suspicious-re- and political strength seriously shown is in the hands of Russia and porters may hire boats to follow, the weakened so that other campaigns Britain and America. Dwwgl President's yacht." K
prepare,
theless recommended
No Consultation
In the course of the debate, besides
Sabotage And Spirit In Occupied Lands ZURICH, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-Ae- "Pester Lloyd," the Criminal Court of cording to the Hungarian newspaper plaint was made that the Government sonment a number of boys between had falled to consult the Trades the ages of six and 18 on a charge Union movement before the Fire of damaging State railways to the Prevention order was issued.
It was stated however, that in the
danger of the public.
Another report quoted here re- Intest negotiations the Government counts that six Danes, including a had already met the General Coun- womna aged 22, received sentences ell's views regarding consultation ranging from 30 daya to two years und that a joint Advisory Council on, for insulting German officers and are prevention was being set up. Holdiers in Denmark.
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