Nazi armed forces fought the battle of Smolensk to a. victorious conclusion. the High Command said, and-now were moving forward in vast how operations with Moscow, Lenin= grad and Kiev as their goal, The High Command said that seven weeks fighting had carried the Ger~ man armies "to the gates of Kiev" and Soviet losses ware placed at 895:000 prisoners and uncounted dead, 13.000 tanks, 10,388 cannon and 9.082 planes, Huge Crowd Present at Anglo-Soviet Function London, Aug. 7.
Teh thousand, people attended on August 4a function organized by the British Society of Cultural Relations with USH. and devoted to" the
operation. establish of Anglo-Soviet Me. Novikov delivered an address of greeting on. behalf of the Soviet Embassy. Replying, Professor Ber~ ard Pearce said: I believe that isin the Bast that Fascism will, be dealt the nal, crushing blow. The Ca-operation between.the Soviet and British peoples will ensure vielory in this war," His words were greeted. with Youd applause, The mone: lected from the festivities were hand. ed over to the British War fund and the Soviet Red Cross.—Tass.
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