6¢A BITTER battle is raging on the road to Moscow." With these words the British Broadcasting Corporation last night indicated that the Germans have made some progress in their vast new offensive, which, apparent ly, is aimed at crushing Soviet resistance before bitter winter conditions set in on the eastern "th front, Monday night's Russian communique was terse as usual, but it mentioned especially fierce fighting in the vicinity of Viasma Viasma is 150 ill les on the Napoleonic road from Smolensk to Moscow, while Briansk, an important railway centre, is 220 miles south-west of the capital.
'The full strength of the Ruésian "Moscow, is being he vast' German hordes that Hitler is sending forward Ina desperate battle against. time. Indicating that "the Russians "are roving' hard nut to crack and are Eiving a Feally good account of them= feives, "Is the Berlin admission "considerably Increasing' losses."
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