Berlin, July 11.
The German High Command last night indicated that Germaan forces had set themselves free from major entanglements in the rear, thus allowing the transfer of teng of thousands of Nazi troops to the front to supplement the divisions for battering the Stalin Line day and night, This indication was contained in the special communique which summarized the results of the double battle of Bialystok and Minsk which, the report said, was the "greatest battle of material and envelopment in the world's history."
German informed quarters, however, maintained that additional German troops were not needed at the front in order to crack the Stalin Line. The line already was facing a combined and concerted aerial and land attack hardly comparable in military history, they claimed, Intense Fighting According to military reports here, fighting was most intense and growing daily along virtually the entire front as troops of five nations attempt to destroy the major barrier blocking the path of Moscow, A special war communique issued pere last night said that the "greatest battle of all time has been concluded with the Bae of Bialystock and Minsk."
The communique said that 325,808 Russians had been taken prisoners, including many generals and divisional commanders.
Booty included 3,332 tanks, 809 guns and a great number of other weapons seized or destroyed.
Total Soviet prisoners taken so far now number more than 400,000, said the communique.
Total captured or destroyed Soviet material now includes 7,615 tanks and 1,809 guns, while the Soviets have lost 6293 aeroplanes, said the communique.—United Press.
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