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PANZERS FIRMLY HELD UP

Germans Find Graves In The Dvina FIGHTING Thousands Of Nazi NEW TANKS IN SOUTH Dead Left On The & 'PLANES AMERICA

FOR NEAR

Battlefield

THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FIRMLY HOLDING UP THE EAST ARMY

Between 20 and 25 ships are now leaving monthly with munitions for the British Middle ›000000. || East Forces, according to officials in Washington familiar with Lease and Lend activities.

It was officially an- GERMAN PANZER DIVISIONS IN THE WESTERN DVINA SEC- nounced in Santiago de

OF THE TOR, AREA

ATTEMPTED NAZI DRIVE ON Chile yesterday that Peruvian troops on Satur- LENINGRAD, AND THOUSANDS OF DEAD GERMANS AND day attacked Ecudorian MANY DAMAGED TANKS AND 'PLANES HAVE BEEN LEFT ON frontier posts, ond THE APPROACHES TO THE RIVER. authorised circles affirm This is according to the latest communi- | ∞00 the Peruvians are concen- que issued by the Soviet Information Bureau trating troops "at Japan- in Moscow, which adds that the greater part ese instigation."

of the attacking enemy troops found their graves at the bottom of the Dvina. Ecuadorian The communique presents a picture of

The Ecuador Defence Minister Ecua- announced in Quito, the dorian capital, that Peruvian troops attacked

frontier posts at Eloro, Sitio,

and Quebradaseca on Saturday.

Shooting fastod several hours but no detalls have yet issued.

been

enemy.

Aguas Verdes, Chacras, Carcaban continued stubborn Russian resistance to the

German onslaught in all sectors.

At Novograd-Volinsk the Rus- During the night of:

sian troops are stubbornly re- USUALLY WELL-INFORMED Saturday heavy fighting sisting the advance of consider- of the CIRCLES IN QUITO SAY THE continued in the Luckable mechanised forces

ARE REPORTED PERUVIANS

sector In the Bessarabian

of, German and Rumanian infantry, cavalry and tanks tried to advance in the direction of Bieltzi, which advance is being checked by the stubborn resistance of the Rus- sians,

ΤΟ BE CONCENTRATING and Novograd - Volinsk LARGE FORCES OF TROOPS Sectors and in the Bes-large_concentration "AT JAPANESE INSTIGATION."

sarabian sector. --REUTER.

SOVIET CITIZEN ARMY WAGING CEASELESS WAR

BEHIND THE SOVIET LINES a ceaseless struggle is being waged between Nazi para- chutists- mostly saboteurs and Soviet troops, civilian defence· units and private citizens, says a Moscow message.

German parachutists are generally drop- ped in small groups whose main task is to wreck communications, destroy fuel dumps

Red Counter-Attack

B

VICHY VESSEL ABUSING TURK COLOURS

British aircraft have sunk a Vichy auxiliary vessel abusing Turkish territorial waters and flying the Turkish flag, according to a Reuter report from London.

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Cargoes, which travel via Atlantic or Pacific, include bom- munit ons bers, fighters, guns,

and the new type 13-ton tanks, some of which already have been in action.

MECHANICS AMERICAN HAVE ALSO ARRIVED

SUPERVISE EGYPT TO ASSEMBLING OF 'PLANES.

IN THE

that

100 load. to

Officials estimate days are required from Ing at an American port delivery in the Red Sea, but acceleration of shipments after a slow start tended to relieve the petsimism of some American military experts regarding Bri tain's chances of holding "the Mediterranean--Reuter,

a general, arrived in Bombay and sage from that city-Reuter

About 800 Italian prisoners of yesterday, states a Reuter mes-

THE RUSSIANS LAUNCHED A COUNTER-ATTACK IN THE BORISOV SECTOR ON SATUR- DAY EVENING AND HEAVY war, including. 200 cfficers FIGHTING CONTINUES. ··

In the Bodruisk sector the Germans repeatedly tried to at- tack but all attempts were beaten off with heavy German losses.

According to revised figures of air battles, on July 4 the Soviet Air Force brought down 61 Ger- man 'planes, not 43 as previous- ly reported. Soviet losses were 20 'planes.

Guerillas Busy Russian guerilla banda seriously Impeding supplies (Continued on Page 16)

Typhoon

and guide German members to their targetThreat

by ground signals. Some wear women's clothes and others the uniform of the Red Army but nearly all of them speak Russian.

According to Col Spirin, writ-tricks," says the Colonel.

Orten

In the Sunday edition of they are dropped from transport

are

of

Removed

the Nazis are trying 'planes bearing the distinctive Red HOISTED AT 3.23 PM, YE the surprises they car Star of the Soviet Union but TERDAY, THE NO. 6 TYPH the Low Countries last most of them are rounded · up SIGNAL WAS LOWERED

before they can do any damage 7.20 AM, TO DAY. the first days para So far, says the Colonel, notAccording to local obse lats-word droppad the a single successful operation of at 0.30 am the typhoon was ediate rear of the Soviet any importanco has been carried of the Colony moving military units at the fro but out by the Nazi parachutists, but northerly direction.

thoy ha

dropped he gave the opinion that mass Barring any sudden change back as 70 milos.

descents may soon be attempted, the storm's course, therefore, alevolen

and cunning especially with gliders which, so threat to Hong Kong has been re-

far have not been noted. Reuter, moved.

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