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DESPERATE RED RESISTANCE

Battle Goes On On

East

East Of Kiev

BOUNCING Premature BLENHEIM Claims By SURVIVES The Germans

Despite balloons tether-

ed to German supply (Military Commentary By "Annalist”) ships encountered off

the Dutch coast on

YESTERDAY'S GERMAN HIGH COMMAND Saturday and despite COMMUNIQUE, WHILE MAINTAINING ITS

REGARDING KIEV, SPOKE the escort of anti-aircraft CLAIMS ships, British bombers FIGHTING TO THE EAST: AND SOUTH-EAST approached almost at sea oF THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL, level and rose hardly RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE BEING ANNIHILAT-

more than mast high to deliver an attack in

ED."

OF

"WHERE THE

This euphemism reveals that the Rus-

which four ships were sians are still resisting desperately, even east

hit and left afire.

The Air Ministry News

the vice, describing

Ser-

¦ of the town, and confirms the Russian com- encounter, munique that the battle continues all along farmer who is now a Flight-Lieu- the front but most fiercely at Kiev.

says that a former New Zealand

10

tenant in the Bomber Command,

By putting out premature c'aims | connection, with Murmansk would said he had to list the starboard

the of victory

German High suggest that things are, not going bomber Blenheim wing of his

Command not only hopes to in-favourably with their balloon very sharply to avoid a

spire its own men

further in this region.- cable.

the efforts but to discourage enemy, especially in advanced positions, who may be

led 10 believe that their cause is lost.

The Blenheim's starboard en-

gine was hit and in the resulting

offensive

Leningrad Check

FOR SEVERAL DAYS the sea,

furch the bomber hit bounced off, again hit the sea and again bounced off. It is believed this is the time a land machine has escaped after twice hitting the sea.

first

The pilot said: "Although mak- ing strange noises, the Blenheim got us back safely and we blessed the men and women who made her so well"-Reuter.

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ORDER NOW RESTORED IN PEEL

AN

Order was restored at the Peel (Isle of Man) internment camp, where a riot broke out on Satur- day night, after the com- mandant of the male in- ternment camp saw the men's spokesman.

JAPANESE MANOEUVRES IN CAMBODIA

Part of the Japanese forces stationed at the southern bases in French Indo-China, are to carry out large- scale manoeuvres in the plains of Cambo- dia according to a Sai- gon telegram.

The manoeuvres will be followed in Octo- ber by big reviews in which the entire Ja- panese forces in Indo- China will take part: -Reuter.

NO BRITISH INVASION--YET

KIEV AN ENORMOUS HOSPITAL

Kiev fell owing to com- plete exhausfion, says a Milan despatch to Berne quoting the wor pondent of the newspaper, "Corriere della Sera.”

corres-

The town for a week, lacked water and food and the market month was almost empty for a and closed for a week.

Russian wounded from the great battle in Eastern Ukraine were largely transported to Klev where hospitals were full. Schools, churches, theatres, cinemas, hotels and private houses were filled with wounded.

"Kiev is an enormous hospital" Nevertheless, In order to con- quer the town, which had been' reduced to such conditióne, thé. Germans had to overcome. a belt of concrete forts, minefields, high-tention bärbed-wire de- In terrible fences and engage hand-to-hand fighting. German

armoured

advance guards after reaching the centre of the town were repulsed and days fighting only after three THE

"MR. CHURCHILL IS AS were they able to conquer Kiev, FORCES BEFORE

AS ANY MAN TO"in which the population, ANXIOUS LENINGRAD HAVE BEEN UN-TAKE OFFENSIVE ACTION IN the wounded. had not eaten for ABLE TO ADVANCE A SINGLE THE CAUSE OF RIGHT, BUT 72 hours."-Reuter. off STEP FARTHER TOWARD THE

CITY, SAYS A DISPATCH FROM WITHOUT FULL PREPARA-

The High Command also an-

nounced - yesterday that Ger

the

man troops have reached Sea of Azov, thus cutting the Crimea.

"Ware Neutral Sources

GERMAN

SUCH ACTION, TOO

SOON

even

THE FRONT LAST NIGHT: TION, AND MERELY BECAUSE of Education, speaking at New-

Powerful artillery fire has driv-THE PEOPLE CALLED FOR IT, port, Monmouth, yesterday. en the Nazis back to hastily-dug WILL BE FAR WORSE THAN He added: "I know enough of TO DELIVER THE Mr. Churchill to realise that the trenches and dugouts. Bold coun- WAITING

WHEN IT WILL BE moment it is possible for us to take offensive action in support An earlier report to this effect, ter-attacks frustrated German pre- BLOW

- credit which received svine

parations to advance and at many MOST EFFECTIVE.” (.

So said. Mr. Chuter Ede, Parlia-of our ally, he will take It London, shows how wary one has points: forced the enemy to retire. to be of such German claims, The Germans are hurling dozens mentary Secretary to the Board Reuter, especially when received from of 'planes into their attacks on the Soviet lines but the Red Army men neutral sources.

are staunchly holding their posi- tions.

in

The fact of severance of land communications with the Crimea, even if it should be confirmed on this occasion, is not likely to have a very material, bearing on the progress of hostilities.

the

At Leningrad the situation seems somewhat easier, and absence of German claims in

ODESSA GROWS

IN STRENGTH

The commandant pointed out that he would not listen to the men's case until there should be

The strength of Odessa quietness for an hour and that they had proper means of voicing is increasing every day, it grievances through their own was announced by the leader w

Little material damage was Moscow Radio last night. done. One soldier was injured in the hand and an officer has bruised leg.

All was aulet in the camp yes

Reuter

terday.

VOROSHILOV'S SON

The defenders are resisting huge. German forces who are sustaining very heavy losses.

Red Army troops have rooc- cupled the island of Hortitza in Dnlopor River which had been In German hands for: several weeks.

Klev Evacuation Admitted

Following is the text of the So- viet midnight communique issued

by the Soviet Information Bureau: }}| "During September 21, our troops fought the enemy along the whole front. After many days, af fierce fighting, our troops ova- cuated Klev.

"During September 10, we des troyed: 60 German planes and last 24.

"The Finnish coastal battleship,

marinen, during an attack by our ships in the Gulf of Finland,

struck a mine and sank.

Oesel Claim

A special German High Com- mand announcement issued yester- day afternoon stated: "Exemplary cooperation of formations of the army, air force and navy have secured a new and important suc cess;,

"Arensburg, capital of Ocsel, has The local inhabitants, added the been captured. The islands of Moscow announcer, showed Soviet Moon and Oesel are thus securely newspapermenahastily filled in our hands,

DY

CAPTURED Marshal Yoroshilov's son has common grave in which, under a "Only shattered parts of the been captured by the Germans, thin layer of earth, were envagely Harrison of Cosel are to be found Rome radio declared yesterday, ac-mutilated bodies of three Red in the western end of Ocsel, Their "Reuter." |Army men and a nurse Reuter, destruction in imminent." cording to Reuter,;

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