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GENERAL

TWO GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISIONS CRIPPLING OF GERMAN WAR

CLAIMED HELD IN THE DISTRICT OF MURMANSK Rumanian Capital Bombed By Russian Aircraft: Arsenal Blown Up

a

MOSCOW. July 3 (Reuter-The following is the text of

the Soviet Information Board shortly communique issued by after midnight this mornbag:-

"During July 2, vur troups waged stubborn and fler e bat- fles against enemy rantry in the directions of Murmansk and Kexholm and agalust enemy mobile troops in the sectors of Dvinsk. Borisov, Slutsk, Bobruisk and Luck.

"In other sectors of the front the Soviet troops hold firmly The State frontier against the enemy who attempted to prese

it

"In the direction of Murmansk cur troops are holding un An offensive of enemy Infantry numbering about two divisions against the Sredni Peninsula, and acted a Them

BLENHEIMS RAID OF DAILY R.A.F. ATTACKS FRENCH DROME

POTENTIAL CHIEF PURPOSE

18 NAZI FIGHTERS BROUGHT DOWN

LONDON, July 3 (Reuser)

Strong fighter forces of the RAF accompanied Blenheim bombers yesterday afternoon attacked the

on the

runway.

In

LONDON, July 3 (Router)-The R. A. F. daylight operations over Northern France and occasionally over Germany are being pursued with the utmost energy. Full advantage is being taken of Germany's

This general assurance was given me pre-occupation in Russia. London yesterday, writes Reuter's Air correspondent,

Their tactical purpose cannot be divulged but it can be assumed that they are immediately associated with the growing R.A.F. night

Affensive.

These attacks appear to be designed to strike at the chief source

| enemy seredrome at Merville near of the Nazi war potential in Western and North-western Germany Lille where bombs were dropped and the feeders to her westers armles. The aim evidently is to re- buildings and concile the R. A. F.'s long-term policy of heavy bombing with any among dispersed aircraft the rail. shorter-range policy requiring ext: a punch dictated by the big chance

of Lille given Britain by Hitler's Russian adventure. way junction southeast

The lack of sufficiency of long- was also bombed.

work

These attacks were pressed home range fighter escort for the SOVIET WORKER the ground defence and a large sity at present restrict the depth HEARTENED BY number of enemy fighters which of the R.A.F. operations In attempted t.n interfere In operations.

In spite of heavy opposition from across the Channel must of neces

force

the by daylight as do the short sum-

"UNITED STATES

mer nights force a

been destroyed, R.A.F facts

two accounting for

shortening

have emerged

These were beaten with the long arm of British air power PRONOUNCEMENTS

OIT heavy losses Bo far 17 are known by right. But some encouraging i

from the MOSCOW, July 3 (Router) --- M. Lozovsky, of the Soviet Foreign Office, announced at a Press ference yesterday that the Soviet had expressed satisfaction und thanks to the United States for President Roosevelt's. Mr. Sumner

beavy detru! руда

"In the Kuolajarvi sector and on the Karelian Isthmus 1 troops are successfully repulsinkil attacks by the enemy Heting heavy losses

In

to have bombers them.

"In the direction of Dvinsk

nouncement. Adding Our

rema half of the day. big losses on the whole the second battles were engaged between our tunately small."

own for-

troops and the enemy.

EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH

'In the

Borisov, directions of

LONDON, July 3 BW8) Study Slutsk and Bobruisk, severe light of the latest Russian and German ing took place during the any cummuniques in conjunction with the campaign'e between our troups

enemy map underlines And

most interesting feature-the ex- which depth over totraordinary

mobile units

the

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"Attempts by break through are being frustrat jugating is going on ed by the stubborn resistanc nur troops and operations of our a'r force

STUBBORN FIGHTING "In thi direction of Lack our troops continue engaged in stub. born and intense fighting.

continues the at 120 enemy tempts to penetrate to the south

efforts, everywhere his Cast bul are breaking As a result t firm and stubborn resistance

our troops

of sweeps hitherto made and inciden. Lally begun in earnest on the eve of Hitler's attack on Russia.

The Eagle Squadron American squadron) is credited with three of the enemy fighters shot down.

Two R.A.F bombers and seven nghters are reported missing LULL OVER BRITAIN LONDON,

July 9 Reuter The daylight rald lull over Britain continued yesterday, 1 WLS nounced by the Air Ministry.

has

not

con-

IMPROVED SPITFIRES

¡The Improved Spitfires have proved themselves supertor in per- Welles' and Colonel Frank Knox's formance to Germany's latest Mes-pronouncements on the fight

The Me-109F2 against German domination. serschmitt fighters.

Soviet newspapers publish ex- was specially designed to give maxi-

high al-tracts from sympathetic articles in mum performance at an-

tudes. Range and to some extent the British Press.

"The Soviet worker now feels No reports had been received up armament, were sacrifleed to this to 6 pm, of bombs being dropped aim, no doubt in the hope that that he is not alone and that there

tactical advantage of helght would is no general assault or his coun From the fact that over a depth in any part of the country

be decisive.

try but that the Finnish and Ru- KVENING OFFENSIVE success: al 180 to 200 miles many budites of

DEPN the This them large.

(Reuter troops, some of

case manian attacks are merely exten- FLTE LONDON July 3 15 confict. qualified military Giving further details of the R.A.F. and the new Messerschmitt bassions of the German aggression.

yes been dragged down from its new Black-out, fire-fighting and anti- observers in London reach a con- sweep over Northern France

36.000 feet. and gas precautions are being vigor- interesting problem-terday afternoon, an Air Ministry celling of over Sequently how far can the German mechan- communique says that 18 enemy the Spitfires have made short work ousty observed in Moscow ised forces continue t advance fighters

Except for boys and girls being vitr destroyed 18 by of t

numert evacuated to the country, the only Germany left behind a with large elemy IES astride fighters and two by bumbers. the lines of communleatlon, neces- The R.A.F lost two bombers and cally strong fighter force in north-queues in the city are those await-

west Europe when she moved easting newspapers the stating the dropping back of con eight fighters

the radio sets. siderable forces to maintain theseį RAF ghters rarried out offen but there is no doubt that

bodies sive patrols over Northern France personnel are mally "cols." and

yesterday

leading evening

mcl-that the crack pilots wilthem

the Russian campalgo

Britain's bombers ати chief: German forces at the head of all newspaper Nationale Zeitung, saya used so far in relatively small in the Luck sector and bombed

strong fighter Bucharest where they blew up the advance find suppites not coming that the Russians at many points force with a very

but somtimes

their jare fiercely engaging and causing escort, While the

consideration 'heavy losses to the German forces own same

are acqu1ttng themselves upplies some degrees to The advancing

the support of with "Breat dashi and notable Russian forward budtes it is felt motorised troops

which

have sucerss" against Nazl fighters with that the Russians will have or pierced the Russian Enes in the whom they have been engaged in gauised a static system od supply

several stern combats. bases

of

nes and contain enemy

units

It is seen as a possibility that dent. the process may continue ull the

"Chir air force devered during of advance

the day H number of devastating blows againgi Conv tank

arsenal.

"Warships and fleet air arm units of the northern fleet Bre Rupporting the Red Army troops by severe blows against. enenie troops

"Fleet air arm planes shot down Zive enemy aeroplanes In

bats

TANK BATTLE

m

through

DEAVY LOSSES ZURICH. July 3 (Reuter) → Stressine the violence of the fight

Minsk sectur.

to

I is

Arc

[1י1

HEAVY BOMBERS

that revealed

Britain's

Foreign military circles in 9 r n. he states. ure wondering whe- ther the Soviet military leaders bave not discovered a new tactical heaviest and newest bombers have method of dealing with the Ger been used in daylight attacks on targets in northwest Germany's coastline

In one sector many groups of ing on the Russian front, the Ber;

in correspondent ul the Swiss man advance.

enemy tanks concentrated

Soviet

touks were sent against them and attacked them as they advanced on a road through & forest which prevented the tanks from E ing.

"Victory dependea exclusively ou speed and resolution

"The leading lank der Suu- Ll. Verenkov apened fire. Three Fascist tanks were put out of action.

of

"The enemy. Laking advantage

damaged tanks. retired

maximu speed During

at

th.31

#ght one of the Sovlet tanks was

lost.

"In combats with Gerinan chanised units cut off

infantry the western regiony

of

white Russia.

from the

Jur Infantry

Col.

F. Knox's Declarations "Scouting Expeditions'

In The Public Mind

**

WASHINGTON. July 3 (Router)—President Boosevelt's hope that America can stay out of the war, expressed at his press conference on Tuesday, supplied the background of Colonel Fra k Knox's press conference yesterday in the light of his recent urgent appeal for action,

At the Press conference yesterday, Colonel Knox stated em- phatically that no United States Fessels on Atlantie patrols had been used for convey purposes nor had become involved in

One concrete result of the R. A F's constant hammering by night of the German shipyards and ជ boat manufacturing towns has been an "appreciable reduction" In the scale of the Nazl effort in the Battle of the Atlantic recent- ly, and while the world may be disappointed if it expects the RAF. to alter the immediate course of the dynamic land struggle being waged in Eastern Europe, its work will be regarded as well repaid.

combat and that there had been no loss of life, crews or loss CHINA'S NEW

of equipment.

Questioned about Congress criti- berg of the Cabinet should either units are destroying hundreds of clam of his demand that America say less or more

should sweep the Nazi merace Knox had done.

enemy tanks

"The soldiers

ot one infantry

regiment, in addition to artillery and tank traps, used successfully

to destroy tanks bottles containing,

an inflammable substance.

by

"One group commanded Capt. Morozoi destroyed 16 enemy tanks in three days' fighting."

RAZI COMMUNIQUE

than Colana

from the Atlantic, Colonel Knox The Sun continues with a ples

refused to add anything further to go ahead firmly and vigorously but admitted that he certainly in the execution of a policy on held to what he had said.

which America acts openly.

ENVOY ARRIVES IN LONDON

LONDON, July 3

Reuter)

Dr. Wellington Koo, China's new Ambassador to Great Britain, ar- rived in London last night to take up his duties.

from He had travelled by air Lisbon where, since leaving Vichy. he had been waiting several weeks to receive the credentials of two secretaries who he is taking with him.

The more responsible editorial An overwhelming majority have writers are

worried and say so decided on fal effectual ald FOI frankly and without hesitation. Britan and production must be Arthur Krock, the veteran followed by delivery, and ir de- Washington correspondent of the livery is cot being made, then the | New York Times, says that on the people must be told so and told The German High Command

surface a member of President the necessary remedies. last night issued an announce-Roosevelt's Cabinet i pubilely ad HARBINGER OF ACTION? ment dated from Hitler's beati vocating a polley contrary to his "Let the American people know quarters-claiming a "decision of Chief's calling for a

He was met at the airport by war which what they need to know for their great importance" in the battie President hopes to avert-this is protection And let them nave Dr. W. H. Chen, Councillor of the east of Blalystok. where

farge criticism to the point of insuborendership in any steps needed for Embassy, who has been Charge Soviet forces are stated to have dination.

d'Affaires since Dr. Quo Tal-chi been surrounded.

left to take up the post of Chinese Foreign Minister.

SCOUTING EXPEDITIONS

their protection,

The Washington Post hopes that

Dr. Koo was greeted at the

Anthony

The announcement statés: "It is Krock kaya, however, that Colonel Knox's speech is the har- becoming more and more clear Colonel Knox enjoys both the con- binger of action and says that if that the battle of annihilationfidence and trust of the President Hitle succeeds in Europe, the station by Sir John Monck, Vice- cast of Bialystok has resulted in and says that the only answer American continent will begin to Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

Mr. America's volee in the who represented a decision of the greatest impor-why Colonel Knox continues to break up. tance for world history."

point out that the President's world would then become a whis- Eden. the Foreign Secretary.

He declined to discuss the Rus- "Indescribable" chaos has over-tesitation is at the peril of na-per, but there is still time to foll taken the Soviet army it alleges.

on the ground tional security is that President | Etler's object to achieve an em-so-German war then

had sucent The announcement

lists Roosevelt himself has Barctioned pire with which to terrorise the that he had not

time to consider a reasoned state- alleged Boviet losses were and in this action of Knox in the hope rest of the world, other sectors of the front front that the discussion which is bound "The desperate gamble Hitler to ment. "But," he said, "I hope to June 22 to July 1 as 5,774 armour-to arise will put the nation, which making in Russia calls imperative do this in a day or two when I

America to have had time to settle down." od cars, 2.330 gune and A.A. guns,le as present divided behind the ly for Britain and

alrike a blow which would deliver four armoured trains, an "innum-eventual decision

orablo" quantity of machine-guna In other words, says Krock, this both countries from the present and rifles, 4,720 planes and 100,- ameries of scouting expeditions harness to Mars," the Post con- 000. prisoners.

No

ret

NICOSIA, July 3 (Router) into the publle mind and points cludes.

damage or casualties Ero With the stubborn rentstante out incidentally that the Prenti

LONDON, July 3. (Router) reported from the raid by eight put up by the Buviet forces and dont has done nothing to Imple- their determined efforts to break ment his promise that goods must The Japanese Government have enemy planes over the weatorni undertaken to protect. Italians in part of Cyprus yesterday morning, through, the number killed will and will be delivered to Britain.

"Give us the facts, may the terasto. Its Rušala, anya the Buda Romb were dropped over the Pah- bo many times higher than the

por district priestore," cooldos the an-Baltimore Bun, adding that mem- pri radio

or handing in

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