20.15.
30%
164
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ANNALIST ONE MILITARY COMENTAR.. by analist fstp london although russian communique is again completely uninformative reports from unofficial sources llego that direct road between vyasma vyasma and smolensk bracket old napoleons road unbracket boen reached by southern arm of pincer movement threatening to close somewhero east of smolensk fstp last official news of progress in this sector was claim to taken dorogobuzh dorogobuzh about fortnight ago fstp this placo was only seventeen miles south of napoleons road so that report might well be correct fstp but even seventeen miles is considerable distanco in midwinter especially a winter as severo as present fatp deep drifts snow and arctic temperatures aro spudendous handicaps to movements across country but soviet troops been fighting in these conditions with temerity and drive that has commanded grudging admiration even of gormans who describe their anorgy as inhuman fstp more
20.14.
PBC/RY.
ANNALIST TWO if this road has really been reabhed it means pincers are only about thirty miles apart and main line of retreat of gormans in rzhov orol rzhov orol and vyasma seriously compromised fstp indood admission in german communique that quote small unquoto rectification of german: line of some fortyfive miles in depth been affectod suggests that big german withdrawal may be on cards fstp information has reached london that there recently been increasing desertions among germans on this front although not yet on scale that could be described as sorious fstp but such prisoners as have fallen into russian hands have been in very poor condition vory much worsc cff than men captured even few weeks ago fstp according to russian reports men taken in staraya russa staraya russa area allego food getting vory short with troops of sixteenth army encircled in that area but they had orders they said to hold out to last fstp more PEGB/MS/RY.
20.15.
ANNALIST THREE hunger however is inexorable opponent and trapped divisions must be getting near end their resources ftp there been no further developments in libya beyond patrol activity and in burma no serious fighting occurred in last fortyeight hours fstp most satisfactory news from fareast has been succoss of australian bombers in attacks on japanese shipping of newguince when seven transports were damaged or destroyed in addition to japanese cruiser
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BHB/MS/RY.
20.22.
TOKYO further details of sinking of us cruiser marblehead marblohead in indian ocean maroh second given in tokyo this evening wodnosday fstp it stated was first damagod by
panese naval units off java february fourth again off java during operations lasting february twentyseven until march one fatp learning that marblohead was quote fleoing in direction of australia unquote japanese naval units gave chase and seeing cruiser in indian occan mr second shelled hor heavily fstp it added sho sank amid deafening explosions only seven minutes later alinea BIB/RY.