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SMASHING VICTORY CLAIMS

German Panzers Brought To Halt

CONFIDENT NOTE IN MOSCOW

A confident note was Moscow struck by the newspaper, “Pravda" in commenting on the mili- tary situation yesterday morning.

It writes: "Hitler's cut-throats expected to take Kiev and Smolensk within a week but this has not come off.

"The powerful. Red Army

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BRITISH MEET SOVIET GENERAL STAFF

Service members of the British Mission to Russia, headed by General McFarlane, met members of the Soviet General Staff yesterday and it is. understood that meet- ings are to continue regularly.--Reuter.

has give the vaunted German •000 troops a crack on the jaw."

The newspaper points out that

Foreign observers in Moscow

Nazi Spearheads Cut Off And Dealt With Piecemeal

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A SMASHING VICTORY IN: THE GIGANTIC, BATTLE WHICH HAS BEEN SWAYING TO AND ́ERO ROUND MINSIC AND ALSO IN THE S JBSIDIARY BUT LARGE SCALE CLASH NEAR LUCK, IS CLAIMED BY THE RUSSIAN HIGH COMMAND.

The great German panzer army concen- trated in the Polish séctor has been repelled in a bloody battle between the main armies, have been

co-ordination of the German regard this claim as of greafus in which thousands

troops has been dislocated.

importance.-Reuter:

DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON BREMEN AND KIEL

engaged.

Morë, striking, it is claimed that the Ger-

URGENCY

man armoured column which broke through EVERYTHING

north of Minsk, was cut off from communi- cation with the main German army,

and pro- gressively destroyed.

from

com- have

PURGENCY IN EVERYTHING IS OUR WATCHWORD," SAID ́ LORD BEAVERBROOK, IN A 450 Soviet 'planes have now been.

CONVERSATION BY THE. The story is the

destroyed, while a further claim TRANS-ATLANTIC TELE sun. 3 various sections of the vast battle- is that U-boats, since the front which stretches from the mencement of the operations, Baltic to Lwow. German panzer destroyed four Russian destrovers, units press ing on regardless one torpedo; boat and three sub- losses, have several times marines.--Reuter. broken through the Russian lines,

Soviet but the

infantry have closed in behind them and effec- tively prevented

German

mechanised troops from

through the gap and

ANOTHER DRAMATIC indication of the growing striking power of the Royal Airing Force, and of the intention to implement Mr. Churchill's promise of increased attacks to support Soviet Russia, British bombers yes- terday carried out a daylight raid on Bremen.

This was the first daylight raid on any large German city since the outbreak of the

war.

In an Air Ministry communi- docks at Bremen and the railway qué, the operation, which was yards south of Oldenburg. carried out without loss to the Royal Air Force, is described thus: "In daylight early this (Mon- day) morning, aircraft of the Bomber Command; making good use of cloud cover, bombed the

FIGHTERS IN RAID NEARS LENS

"The docks and wireless, sta“-

of tion on the Dutch Island Terschelling were also attacked and, to 'tha south-west of the Island a patrol ship' was bomb ed and destroyed."

No Losses

"Other aircraft attacked a“ cón- voy off the Island of Nordeney in which two of the largest vessels one of 7,000 and one of 6,000 tons were set on fire and are believed to have been sunk. “

of

follow

con-

dating the gain.

Moscow, stated. Jast night that the full might of Hitler's pan zers had been thrown into the battle in a vain effort to crash through decisively, but even the spearheadin of the Nazi columns have been repelled,

Nazi Claims Ridiculed

The German claims broadcast from Berlin on Sunday are rìdi- culed

in Moscow.. Aviolent German-Finnish offensive in the Karel'an Isthmus' sector has been hurled back at every point. Hundreds of enemy dead were left on the battlefield, after fierce onslaughts. Internä- tional News Service.

German Communique

The German High Command communique stufës: "As already reported by a special announce ment, our troops advancing in Galicia have taken Lwow?(Lem- berg). A

"In the centre of the army front. One enemy fighter was shot down. No British aircraft is the ring has been tightened round the surrounded Soviet Russlan armies.

Second Daylight Raid

British fighters yester- missing day destroyed six Ger- man aircraft in an offensive sweep across the Channel,

It was later learned that British bombers yesterday carried out va second daylight raldon North- ern Germany. This time icl

Heavy bombers were sent for the rald and they concentrated their attacks upon the naval target. The result of the attack has not been disclosed.

Tho Oghters accompanied was the target bombers, whose objective was a power station near Lens. The bombs were seen to buist in the centre of the target, which was soon enveloped in dense smoke,

One British fighter is missing from tho attack-Router,

One British bomber is missing from this rald Router.

"On the coast, Libau has been captured."-Reuter

Long Review

In a long review of the week's military operations, German military circles state that with the capture of Libau, added to the possession of Dučnaburg and Jakobstadt, the Russian force in the Vilna-Duchaburg-Rigay area have little chance for retreat.

These commentators claim, that

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Nazi Claim

PHONE WITH MR. GLADSTONE” MURRAY, GENERAL MAN- AGER OF THE CANADIAN

CORPORA BROADCASTING. TION

"Speed in production now.is. tha supreme war

cessit

The Baltic port of Libau has said. amilly co been captured says a German North America will respo High

Command communique, the spirit urgency now

ea There is no quoted by Reuter-

o misgit

Reater's Helsinki correspond states that four people were kill

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