The Archive · 1941

More Death Sentences

Prague, Oct. 12.

More persons were sentenced to death by the Peoples' Tribunals of Brunn and Prague.

The condemned were charged with sabotage—Havas Telemondial. area The Soviet ' mid-day communique. Taconic as usual says: "During the might of October 12 our troops fought the enemy along the entire front. Fighting being particularly fierce in the direction of Viasma."

Russian Counter-attacks A smvlement to the communique save: "In the south-western direction of the front our troops fought stub-hornly against advancing enemy units. In several sections of this direction our troonne started counter-attacks.""

The suonlement adds that in the sama direction Soviet units. counterattacking the Germans. destroyed 120 lorries with ammunition, and motor-cycles. In another sector 500 German soldiers were killed. air force, attacking an enemy aerodrome, destroyed ten linkers, and damaged many other enarny aircraft, In another sector Soviet fivers des-troved several tanks and 100 lorries, "On the snoroaches to Leningrad." the sumnlement concludes. "ome of our tank units destroyed 13 anti-tank mina, 14 heavy machine-guns, four artillery observation poste and killed over 400 German officers and men."

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