|
Northeast of Épinal the American 7th Army
had to give up some ground in face of a strong
German attack with artillery and tanks.
Heavy fighting also takes place for the Driant
fortress. Both sides are massing forces on the
salient in Holland. Hardest battles take
place on both sides of East Prussia. The Germans
for the second day say that Russian infantry
and armour is advancing and they speak
as usual about heavy defensive fighting.
Marshal Stalin announced today in
and order of the day a great breakthrough
supported by troops of the 3rd White
Russian Army the Russians have N.W.
and S.W. of Schaulen in Northern Lithuania
entered 2000 towns and villages.
This victory was saluted by the big
guns at Moscow. Thereby the Russians
are closing in on the Northern border of
East Prussia. The Russians are also
through the main defence system for
Riga. The Germans also report Russian
attacks west of Murmansk and they
complain that the Finns so called on
the order of Moscow have opened hostilities
against them in Northern Finland.
|