British military experts today be lieved that ' Marshal Semion "Timoshenko's successful counteroffensive on the central front may relieve German pressure a Leningrad and also the southern front if the drive continues to gain momentum. has halted Marshal von Bock's lightning thrust north of Kiev made three weeks ago.
British military experts insist that news of the progress of both offend sives must come from Moscow since German sources now were silent regarding the Red drives.
They added that if the offensives continue, chore was no doubt that the men in Marshal von Bock's right wing would be in danger of being driven back into the Pripet marshes, southeast of Gomel.
Following up their successes in Yelnya, the Russians apparently have thrown in more tanks, planes and field pieces and were keeping up the incessant attack which was reported to have driven the Nazis across an undisclosed river—probably the upper Dnieper—south from Smolensk.
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