The long awaited communique from the German High Command, which was to have told of the "great successes" which have been won, described advances made in the Baltic States at the expense of the Soviet troops. Brest Litovsk, Grodno, Vilna, Kaunas, and Dunaberg (Dvinsk) were claimed, the last named. by a daring forward thrust of Nazis tank columns. Fighting on other sections of the front was dealt with on general lines. 'According to Soviet communiques fierce German drives in the Lwow and Lutsk (Luck) areas (to the north-east of Lwow) were held, and the' Soviets inflicted great damage. The Nazi communique did mot refer to the fighting along the river Pruth, where the Soviets claimed that all attacks had been repulsed, and that the Russians were on the offensive in places.
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