The latest Russian communique states:—"During last night, fighting continued in the direction of Murmansk, Dwinsk, Minsk and Luck.
"In the direction of Murmansk, the enemy attacked in the Srednii Peninsula. Our troops showed strong resistance to the enemy, in-fileting heavy losses upon hin "In the direction of Dvinsk and Minsk during night, our troops attacked advanced enemy tank units, timing at their destruction. *"In the direction of Luck, our troops during the night continued their fight with motorized units of the enemy, inflicting upon him heavy blows.
"On other parts of the front, en-ergotic reconnaissance action and rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire took place during the night.
"In spite of bad weather conditions, sometimes impossible for flying, our aircraft on July 1 acted with suc-enemy forces, In the direction of Kexholm the enemy launched an offensive at several points and tried to penetrate into our territory. By vigorous counter-attacks our troops repulsed the enemy with great losses, "In the direction of Dvinsk our troops are engaged in stubborn fighting against enemy tanks and His attempts tọ penetrate towards the crossing over the western Dvina were beaten back, "In the direction of Minsk fighting continues against enemy mobile units, Our troops are applying, on a large scale, barrage fire and counterattacking, "In the direction of Luck our troops have stopped an offensive of important enemy formations, During the battle, which lasted several days in this sector, the enemy sustained heavy losses in men and material.
"Our troops, carrying out a retreat according to plan and obeying orders, have left Lwow. According to more exact data on the operations of our air force, 56 German planes were shot down on June 30, 50 of them in aerial combat, Our losses amount to 17 aircraft, "Perfidious Enemy"
Our heroic tank drivers, artillery and infantrymen are fighting with sclí-denial, overcoming numerous obstales in the struggle against the perfidious enemy of our country for every inch of our Fatherland. One unit, attacked by superior enemy cess against enemy tanks in the direction of Dvinsk and Minsk, destroying enemy stores and planes on the ground and in the air, interfered with supplies of petrol and ammunition and prevented the concentration of mechanized infantry of the enemy.
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