The Archive · 1941

Russians Standing Firm

The Germans making their most desperate thrusts of the Russian war towards the Black Sea, claimed last to Lave reached. the coast on each side of Odessa. Reports from Moscow, however, contain nothing to oni support this claim. and a late communique gives no news of any considerable German advance on this. or export commodities—Reuter, will riy, qu Tom the list of permis tny sector of the front.

Informed circles in London say that it is possible that small Nazi units have crossed the Dniester, north of Odessa, and they point out thet the Germans are probably following their les.

kno: the a cus attack of Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union the Germans still condi malicious pro-ihe Soviet Union in-usual practice of claiming large tended alia to dis-successes on the strength of the achievements of small advance units.

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