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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 3, 1941

Page

RUSSIAN ARMY HOLDING FIRM

North And

And East Of Germans Still

In

Making Big Claims

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

A DETERMINED GERMAN-FINNISH DRIVE IS BEING PUSHED DOWN THE KARE- LIAN ISTHMUS 75 MILES FROM LENIN- GRAD BUT THE RED ARMIES ARE HOLD. ING FIRM BEFORE MURMANSK, IN THE ARCTIC, KEXHOLM, ON THE KARELIAN IS- THMUS, AND EAST OF MINSK.

A communique issued from Stalin's head- quarters finally confirms the evacuation of Lwow.

It says: "In the direction of Murmansk our troops by fierce fighting are stemming the advance of numerically superior enemy forces.

"In the direction of Kexholm, east of Bialystok, where on the western shore of Lake Soviet forces are stated to Ladaya, enemy offensives were been surrounded, Jaunched at several points, Vigor-

counter-attacks by our troops repulsed the enemy and inflict- ed heavy loses.

"Our troops are retreating according to plan and, in ac- cordance with orders, have left Lwow.

"Fifty-six German 'planes were! hot down avainst 17 of ours. In

one battle alone the Germans lost 50 tanks.

large have

The announcement states: "IL is becoming more and more clear that the battle of annihilation easi

has resu ted of Bialystok decision of the greatest importance for world history."

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"Indescribable" chaos has over- taken the Soviet army, it alleges. The announcement then lists alleged Soviet losses there and in other sectors of the front from "All attempts by Rumanian and June 22 to July 1 as 5,774 armour- German troops to penetrate Bes-ed cars, 2,330 guns and A.A. guns. sarabian territory were broken up."

the

Russians Close Gaps Stressing the violence of fighting on the Russian front, the Berlin correspondent of the Swiss newspaper, Nationale Zeitung," says that the Russians at many punts are fiercely engaging and causing heavy losses to the Ger- man forces advane ng to support the motorised troops which have pierced the Russian lines in the Minsk sector.

FOREIGN MILITARY CIR- CLES IN BERLIN HE STATES, ARE WONDERING WHETHER SOVIET MILITARY LEADERS HAVE NOT DISCOVERED

A

NEW TACTICAL METHOD OF DEALING WITH THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

Berlin Claims

four armoured trains, an "innum- erable" quantity of machine-guns and rifles, 4,725 planes and 180,- 000 prisoners.

RUSSIAN

TACTICS

STUDIED

are

"With the stubborn resistance put up by the Soviet forces and their determined efforts to break will number killed be many times higher than

Study of the latest Rus- the an-sian and German

through, the

prisoners,"

concludes

the

losses on the whole remain for- tunately small."-Router.

com-

nouncement, adding: "Our own muniques in conjunction with map underlines the campaign's most interest- ing feature the extra- ordinary depth over which fighting is going

Russian

Warning

on.

—

of

From the fact that over a depth 180 to 200 miles many bodies troops, some of them large,

in

are

conflict, qualified military observers in London reach a con- sequent y interesting problem-. how far can the Germon mechan-

Moscow radio last even- ing gave an urgent warn simultaneously with the capturing to the Soviet people ised forces.

In Berlin, it was stated that

of Riga (Latvia) and Luck (P- against the spreading of

land), other great blitz columns |

Smolensk and Kiev.

continue to advance bodies astride

with large enemy the lines of communication, neces- are ripping the Red lines before rumours likely to under-sitating the dropping back of con- mine the nation's morale. siderable forces to maintain these lines and contain enemy bodies of Ano her offensive, it is calm- THE ANNOUNCER RECALLED advance? ed, carried the Goimans Cast THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE of the River Dvina.

FALL OF PARIS AND SAID: Nazi A special

communique,

"FANTASTIC RUMOURS OF claim.ng the destruction of 322

IMAGINARY GERMAN VIC- Red warplanes in one day, says TORIES WERE SPREAD AND the Lutwaffe destroyed the Red

DECISIVELY CONTRIBUTED lines of retreat, smashing troop TO THE FRENCH COLLAPSE.”

and rail columns, 2

The Nazi entry Into Riga fol- lowed two days of heavy fight`ng. Nazi Optimism

Far behind the lines in three gigantic pockets, forming a three- link chain from Riga to Lwow, the Germans claim a million Red troops are trapped, witle Nazi annihilation unmis clocmg" in,

Riga Dramatisation

-REUTER.

Britain And Sweden

It is seen as a possibility that the process may continue till the German forces at the head of an advance find supplies not coming through. While the same consideration the degrees to applies in some Russian forward bodies it is felt that the Russians will have or- ganised a static-system of supply bases.--British Wireless.

MEMORIAL TO U.S. PILOT

The Foreign Secretary, reply- ing to various questions in the Commons yesterday, concerning. the neutrality of Sweden and The German capture of Rien diplomatic relations between the

The Air Minister, Sir Archibald was announced dramatical y over Swedish and British Governments, Riga radio by a German officer said the Swedish, Government Sinclair, will unveil a comme- who leaped to the microphone and had Informed H.M.G., while morative tablet to the late Pilot shouted "Riga has been liberated." reaffirming the intention to remain Officer W. M. L. Fiske, in the Meanwhile heavy fighting is re-neutral, they are, at the request crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral on ported in Stockholm all along the of the German and Finnish Gov-American Independance. Day, Finn, Estonian, Latvian and ernments, permitting one Ger- Mr. Winant, American Ambas- Lithuanian frontiers, — Interna-man division to pass from Nor-sador, and leading members of tional News Service,

way through Sweden to Finland. the American colony, will be pre-

Representations, he said, had sent.

TYPICAL NAZI MODESTY!

Air

been made by him to the Swedish The Chief of Air Staff, Minister and also H.M. Minister Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, in-Stockholm."@

also hopes to be present. Pete"

Fiskce was the first American- born pilot of the RAF to give his life in the services of Britain. with He was killed in action in August, -British 1940, during the battle of Britain,

British Wireless,

"I have at present no further The German High Command statement to make on this sub- last night issued an announce-ject." Mr. Eden added. ment-dated from Hitler's head Diplomatic relations quarters-claiming a "decision of Sweden remain normal. great importance" in the battle! Wireless,e

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