The Russians, the communique continued, had checked the German offensive ' with massed motorized units in the Novograd area and had fought to a standstill Nazi infantry and tanks on the Bessarabian front.
The communique stressed that heavy fighting was taking place between motorized units in the Ostrov sector of the Baltic front where the constantly forced the Germans to Send far bigger forces into battle than they originally thought neces-
Rumanians Said sary.
Other despatches suggest that the Germans are anxious to know the size of Russian reservists, which they expect to meet when they reach the Stalin Line. The Nazis also complain of difficulties with the weather, and the German official news In Revolt Moscow, July 7.
An unspecified number of Rumanian civilians are engaged in "open armed action" against Germans in that country, Tass, agency new reveals that the Russians are setting fire to forests in their retreat, "Nevertheless, the Germans continue to press forward at several points, and the latest reports assert that in certain sections the Russians are under very heavy pressure,—Reuter, the official Soviet news agency, claimed yesterday.
Tass said that the German Commander in Russia had published a special' order threatening all those guilty of terroristic acts with "immediate execution." The despatch gave no further details United
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