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Magnificent Defence Of The Soviet Armies "Smolensk Battle Will Be Studied For Many Years"
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONT RECEIVED BY AUTHORITATIVE QUARTERS IN LONDON_YESTERDAY SHOWS THAT DURING THE PAST WEEK THE OPPOSING LINES REMAINED PRACTICALLY UNCHANGED WITH THE RUSSIAN FORCES PUTTING UP A MAGNIFICENT DEFENCE. THERE HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN THE POSITION FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE BLACK SEA.
The only advance worth mentioning has been a very slight one by the Germans on the Finnish front but this is so slight that it can be regarded as having no military signi- ficance.
HITHERTO REGARDED AS IMPREGNABLE, THE ISLAND
WAS STORMED AND CAPTUR.
HOURS
ED ONLY THREE LAFTER THE SURPRISE AT-J
DISASTER IN POLAND
SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]
The Soviet Informa- tion Bureau in Mos- that COW announces
the Nazi Gestapo have made numerous or- rests following a colli- sion between German troop and freight trains near Warsaw.
More than 2,000 were killed and injur ed in the collision, it was reported.---Inter- national News Service.
TACK WAS LAUNCHED. NO RICE
SHORTAGE
The Nazi aut Rumaman de- j fenders fought fiercely but were,
completely muted, and the Rus- sian naval landing forces seized a
munitions International News
News of the annihilation of two German divisions is claimed to be a very severe set-large number of artillery pieces, (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") back to the German invaders but it is pointed out that with the huge numbers of men now taking part in the fighting it must not be re- German Convoy Losses ng order
California, Texas and Louisi garded as a major defeat for the Germans.
"We cannot yet give particulus Smolensk Battle. about the vast but we shall de d as soon 445 AP have faly beaten the German: there, declared the Vice-presi! dent of the Information Board, M Lozovsky, at his press conference In Mogrow yesterday.
"It is a battle that will be stud- ied for many years," he added.
CUW
He
Most of The German bombs were dropped on the outskirts of the city. Six raiders were downed, out of the 100 which are estimated to have parti. cipated in the attack.
Daring Danube Feat
equipment. Service.
Market experts
Fran- # San eised expert there will be na rice shortage a a result of the frees.
enough rice for the Last night's Soviet connun-produce
needs and export. que said: "Our troops fought on nation's Sunday in the Nevel, Sn.atensk International News Service, and Zhitomir were no important in other sectors.
directions. There engagements
"Duling Saturday 104 German the airerdit were destroyed for Joss of 12 Soviet machines.
"During Saturday vessels of the Baltic Fleet sank two enemy destroyers, one submarine and two transports loaded with fuel coast. and put out of action a guard vessel. "One German infantry division has been annihilated,
In a daring feat, threatening to Speaking of the raids on Musoulflank the southern anchor of
that only he reiterated
AL the whole Nazi front and placing small percentage of the German the Red Army in a position to planes broke through to Moscow.strike at Rumania's chief Black and most of them perished.
Sea purts, a Russian torpedo-boat thought the Germans could not flotilla, covered by shore guns on
"During the German raid keep it up.
the Bessarabian coast, seized an Moscow on the night of Saturday/ island identified only by the let | Sunday eight, and not six, Ger. ter "K" in
one of the Danube man 'planes were shot down."-
Reuter, outlets.
Heavy Casualties
Remarking
that on the fact many German bombers were brought down near Moscow with much petrol aboard, he said the Germans were mostly obliged to operate from distant bases, any new aerodromes near the front being subjected to continuous Ruccian_bombing, involving destruction of German machines. Revert to the war on land. "We inflitt M. Lozovsky said:
the
numerous casualties in killed and wounded, and also take many pri- soners.'
He also declared that details would shortly be given of
surrender
the
of an entire Slovak
mechanised regiment.
A Wash-Out
on
LONDON VIEW OF EASTERN FRONT
ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION on the Russian front is confusing to military obser- vers in other countries it is felt in authorita- "THE BLITZKRIEG IS Ative circles in London that all signs pointed "WHEN WE DECLARED. IN THE to the fact that there had not been any serious PRISE ATTACK, THAT THE or marked change in the position during the LOSS OF CERTAIN TERRITOR last week – the fifth week of the German
WASH-OUT," HE
ADDED.
DAYS FOLLOWING THE SUR-
IES WAS NOT VITAL. SOME
PEOPLE THOUGHT WE EXAG- onslaught.
GERATED.
scores of industrial centres, can
"But the Soviet Union, with There were few signs of any further ad- afford to lose a small proportion vance of the Nazi hordes and only a small
of her territory."
ter's Special Correspondent in
I asked M. Lozovsky (says Reu-advance by the Finns in the north. Com- Moscow) for particulars of the muniques and reports coming in confirmed in the centre of the Rumanian oil the view that the Russian armies are doing fields, and he smiled, saying well at present.
bombing of the Plocsti pipe-line,
#Ploesti, there is nothing left but the name."-Reuter.
"Three Divisions
Destroyed
still able the throw The Russian air force doing ques-is extraordinarily good, work, parti- fresh units into battle.
flarge cularly in attacking armoured Time and again very formations. and oil refineries at
Russian counter-offensives have Ploesti, in Rumania.
been checked.
the
He followed. this by the state- Moscow reports that three Nazi
Great significance is attached to ment: "If you review this state divisions have been destroyed in
chance of tone of the of affairs without bias you must the past few days and that a
propaganda the German
machine, comprehend that such a battle highly strategic island at
time," quite forgetting mouth of the Danube has been which recently claimed that the takes
announced captured, while Russian troops Russians wore throwing in their that he had already
that organised resistance in Rus- along the entire front repulsed last reserves.
The German High Command sia was ending, that the Stalin fresh Nazis onslaughts and coun-
spokesman said last hight that it line was pierced everywhere by Tter-attacked at several points,
that The sixth successive attempted became evident that the enemy, the invincible & Nazis and mass air attack on Moscow falled, in spite of heavy losses-which the Russian campaign would end only a few raiders getting through the Russians themselves have as quickly as the blitzkrieg" in
mentioned in their own communi- the west. British Wireless, the city's defences.
LONDON AIR RAID
The air aid alert was sounded in London early this morning, and was followed by gunfire, states a brief Reuter message.
TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
AN
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE - MENT MADE IN KABUL ON SATURDAY AGAIN DECLARED AFGHANISTAN'S NEUTRALITY IN THE PRESENT WAR.
The Government wished there be [K) abroad.
that
misapprehension
her and
The declaration said that Afg- hanistan stricty adhered to policy of perfect neutrality maintained extremely cordial re- Iations with the belligerent pow- ers. Reuter.
DOMINION STATUS
il
The Indian Non Party Leaders' Conference ul Poona passed resolution demanding complete recons ruction of the Viceroy's Executive Council and urging a declaration specifying the time limit where the new constitution for india will be inaugurated. according her the same status s Great Britain and the Dominions.
Reuter.
STONES THROWN AT BUS
Lam Leung, bus coriductor, has reported that stones were thrown at a motor-bus proceeding along Sai Kung Road yesterday, result- ing in two window panes being smashed.
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