Today's official Soviet communique states—"During the night of July 19 intense fighting took place in the directions of Polotek, Nevel, Smolensk and. Novograd-Volynsk. Nothing of Importance occurred in other sectors of the front, "Our alr force continued during the night to destroy enemy tanks" and mechanized units of the enemy. Ace cording to, verified data, during July 19 our air force destroyed in alt combat and on the ground 71 enemy aircraft, and not 31 as previously re-
Three Main Battles orton July 20, "Japan _is apparently at, the cross roads, Who put het there?... Japan. Robody "else". says "the " "Sunday Times shan editorial article thi morning, One of these roads leads north", says the Journal, "and the other south But Both tead to something more than, Mere geography.
"At the end of the northern road there is" Russia. There is also. the Russian" Far-Eastern Army. self sustaining and well-equipped.
Russo-Japanese clashes on any considerable tate fately have been fate: but in the only of any' magni: {ude' whet has: occurred 0° tar—the Nomonhan affais—Japan meta te= has since' been stilt further" aecenquality of the Russian Arm:
{ated "by His really. magnificent resistance fe German aggression: any one who bases expectations of pickings on' Russia's Indiferent mille lary performance against Finland is doomed to a sharp awakening.
SFapaneae extretnite would do well to think of these things"
Lord Halifax's Warning hing, "adds the "Sunday Pimes* "Any Japanese attack against Indow
might' involve' a trespass upon Anglo-American interests, Nobody, @ither In the British Empire or the United States would regard such a trespass as being other than a costly first slop toward an attack on Burma oF, Malaya, Moscow, July 20, point Lord Halltax, the
sectors continued yesterday "wi Russo-German battles In three main British "Ambassador to the "United unabated fury, ieceemeiates States, on behalf of "Tis Majesty's Government, has uttered 2. timely. trHeavy class were report red where warning. Nobody should make the driving in the directions of Porkhov wes German spearheads "were mistake of thinking that, under prea sure of the European struggle, "Bir-fon the Baltic the PololsksNevel fea fain would allow. her "legliimate White Htussia' and"'Smolensk: Fights and interests in other parts of Heavy rains and high winds in the world to be Ignored', he declared, those Sectors' apparently" did" not "The new Japanese Government= affect land operations: although air even without 'Mr. Matsuoka—would fclivity was slackened somewhat, said do well to ponder' these: plain words, Feports here, The Red Ale Fleet's Japan 1s mobilizing. Japan 1s. all Major efforts said reports was cone Gressod up and imagines perhaps that Centrated tu supporting Soviet troops, United Press, Arn Soviet roons igre age" any te pacer is wrong. "She can slay puts She san 0", concludes the paper, Tapa 'Advance Continues have perfectly good parties at hom have perfectly good parties at home Berlin. July 20 German, Finnish and' Rumanian troops. drove. steadily forward today sun inst Russia's armies on. three broad: sectors gf the eastern front.
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