Propaganda reports indicated that Soviet troops were resisting vigorously, both in individual engagements and in larger battles, involving motorized units, however, the reports claimed the greatest German successes against Soviet tanks.
Six tanks were destroyed in one battle in less than half an hour, said one report. The: reports admitted that the Soviet soldiers "defended themselves not unskillfully."
Another report describing an apparently large engagement indicated Soviet resistance by a statement that the Reds advanced on one of the German flanks but added that the Soviet troops were quickly thrown back as the Germans continued their steady advance.
Meanwhile, the Luftwaffe, accord-ang to reports available here, continued devastating, attacks behind Soviet front lines. D.N.B. said German bombers bombed Red arms factories, troop concentrations, air bases, munition dumps and arsenals.
Simultaneously, said D.N.B., German Heinkels and Junkers swooping low over roads behind Soviet lines, bombed and machine-gunned troops which were being rushed toward the front.—United Press.
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