The general situation on the whole front is summarized here today as follows:—
Tu Finland and the far north, German and Finnish troops have crossed io Kandalaksha, on the White Sea, where Finland is narrowest, This is said to have cut off the Russian forces in the Murmansk or Kola peninsula to the north. The Russians state that their forces in the Murmansk sector British Take More Prisoners London, July 2. In the Badella' area of Abyssinia, Allied troops Rave captured 375 prisoners, including a general, plus six feld guns and light anti-aircraft guns.—Reuter. forces held back during a whole day the assault of the enemy. The Fascists repeatedly flung themselves into the attack but were thrown paci every time to their original positions, In one day alone the Germans lost 50 tanks. Soldiers of one infantry unit destroyed six enemy tanks. An antitank battery commanded by Uteshin put eight enemy tanks out of action in one battle, "In one of the sectors of the Karelion Isthmus, a battalion of Finnish White Guards crossed our frontier, One of our infantry battalions engaged in the fight with the enemy and forced him to retreat. The enemy lost three tanks and about 100 men in killed and wounded,"
The communique then denies "men-dacians reports" by the Germans that Soviet pilots, while machine-gunning a railway train, used dumdum bullets, Apparently the object of this Provocative report is to disguise their own intentions." The communique also denies German reports that during aerial combats Soviet bombers bore German markings"—Reuter.
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