The Archive · 1941

Soviets Score Successes

The Moscow radio last night broad cast communique which said RUs-Sians hurled back German attacks the" directions of." Mojaisk and Maloyarosiavets, "inflicting heavy losses on the Nozi Earlier, the High Command announced in Berlin that violent snow slonns raged yesterday on the Lenin Brad. and Moscow, fronts as Chan. Geller "Adolf Hitler's armies smashed fiirough the outer defences of Mos cow. on a wide front to the west and Soutewast, driving. spearheads "to within '36 "miles of the capital gaits, Moscow radio reportd the fronts with. the " baltes'" around ercest lighting "along thee

Majaisk "and " Maloyarosiavete. Intensity hourly asthe Germans Pounded at the gates of Moscow.

"On October, 22." said the radio, '31 German planes were destroyed and our lasses were I1.... One" of Our alr units destroyed 100 'German tanks and over (250 lorties....In westerly tank battle one of our' units destroyed 15 German tanks and over 00 German officers and men.

London, Three people have been to death by a decree of the Com= Mander of the city of Moscow, says Moscow Radio,

revolutionary activity and disteibating eey. were found guilty, of anti-anti-Soviet Heafeys, eiminal nerilgen and. attempting to. flee" from Moscow, and stealing and selling 300 pounds of bread respectively. "these three men were tried by a military tribunal Five, others, whose, cases are still ode heard by the tribunal Include the "director of the Moscow Mille Centre, accused of "wastage of mat: rial entrusted to his care," two men Accused of looting, and two charged with "counter-revolutionary agitation. "Reuter.

Moscow Remains Capital London, Oct, 24, Sir Stafford Cripps, 'British Ambassador to' Russia, and members of the British Mission, have established themselves. at Kulbishev ""Samara) according to" information reaching London' today.

has already been made clear that Moscow Femalts the capital of, Rus= sla, and" leading. "members of the Government, including M, Stalin, are sui" there, but some. Government departments and Foreign Diplomatic Atfesione have "been moved tempor= arily to Kulbishev.—Meuter.

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