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Australia's Choices? BUTTER

PANZERS FIRMLY HELD UP

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

Battlefield

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VICHY VESSEL ABUSING TURK COLOURS

THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FIRMLY HOLDING UP THE It Was officially an- GERMAN PANZER DIVISIONS IN THE WESTERN DVINA SEC- nounced in Santiago de

ATTEMPTED NAZI DRIVE ON OF THE AREA TOR, Chile yesterday that

DEAD GERMANS AND Peruvian troops on Satur- LENINGRAD, AND THOUSANDS OF day attacked Ecudorian MANY DAMAGED TANKS AND 'PLANES HAVE BEEN LEFT ON frontier posts, and THE APPROACHES TO THE RIVER. authorised circles affirm This is according to the latest communi- | 0000 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.”

The Ecuador Defence Minister of the attacking enemy troops found their

graves at the bottom of the Dvina.

The communique presents a picture of Aguas Verdes, Chacras, Carcaban Continued stubborn Russian resistance to the

German onslaught in all sectors.

During the night of sian troops are stubbornly re- USUALLY WELL-INFORMED Saturday heavy fighting sisting the advance of consider- of the THE continued in the Luck able mechanised forces

Volinsk and Novograd

sector a In the Bessarabian

of German OF TROOPS Sectors and in the Bes-large_concentration

and Rumanian infantry, cavalry "AT JAPANESE INSTIGATION." sarabian sector.

and tanks tried to advance in the direction of Bieltzi, which advance is being checked by the stubborn resistance of the Rus-| 00000

Ecua- announcel in Quito, the dorian

Peruvian that capital, troops attacked Ecuadorian at Eloro, Sitio,

trontier posts

and Quebradaseca on Saturday.

Shooting lasted several hours but no detalls have yot issued.

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CIRCLES IN QUITO SAY PERUVIANS ARE REPORTED BE CONCENTRATING LARGE FORCES

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--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.

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

At Novograd-Volinsk the Rus-

enemy.

sians.

Red Counter-Attack-

THE RUSSIANS

LAUNCHED

A COUNTER-ATTACK IN THE

BORISOV SECTOR ON SATUR-

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

MORE ITALIANS

FOR INDIA

FOR NEAR EAST ARMY

Between 20 and 25 ships are now leaving monthly with

munitions for the British Middle East Forces, according to ́ officials in Washington familiar with Lease and | Lend activities.

the

Cargoes, which travel via Atlantic or Pacific, include bom-

guns, bers, fighters,

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

AMERICAN MECHANICS HAVE ALSO ARRIVED IN EGYPT TO SUPERVISE THE ASSEMBLING OF PLANES.

that 100 load- port -to' but

Officials estimate days are required from ing at an American delivery in the Red Sea, acceleration of shipments after a slow start tended to relieve the. pessimism of some American military experts regarding Bri-'

the -tain's chances of holding

Mediterranean Reuter,

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

DAY EVENING AND HEAVY war, including 200 officers 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 29 'planes.

Guerillas Busy Russian guerilla bande seriously Impeding supplies,

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were

Typhoon

and guide German members to their target Threat

by ground signals.

Some wear. women's

clothes and others the uniform of the Red

are

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

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

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g in the Sunday edition of they are dropped from transport

HOISTED AT: 323 PİM. YEB- the Nazis are trying planes bearing the distinctive, Red the surprises, they car-Star of the Soviet Union, but TERDAY, THE NO. 6 TYPHOON In the Low Countries last most of them are rounded up BIGNAL WAS LOWERED AT

before they can do any damage. 7.25 A.M. TO-DAY..!! During the first daya para-] So, far, says the Colonel, not According to local observations chutista. were, dropped in the a single successful operation of at 9.30 am. the typhoon was north Colony *** moving in o Immediate rear of the Soviet any importance has been carried of the military units at the front, but out by the Nazi parachutists, but northerly direction.

Barring any sudden change. In of late they have been dropped he gave the opinion that mass

do far back as 70 miles. A descents may soon be attempted, the storm's course, therefore, all "The malevolent and cunning especially with gliders which so threat to Hong Kong has been re- enemies are up to many sly for have not been-noted-Reuter, moved.

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