The Archive · 1941

Soviets Make New Attacks

London, Sept. 3. (AUTHOUGH the Eastern Front situation is confused there is no indication of any big changes cither around Leningrad or in the Kiev and Dniepropetrovsk sectors, state the latest reports reaching London.

Russian forces have routed the 135th Infantry Regiment, says a supplement to the Soviet communique.

Remnants were dis-Persed and a large quantity of equipment captured including numerous machine guns, and anti-tank weapons.

The stereotyped Russian communique states that fighting continued on the entire front st night.

Russian planes attacked mechanized units, infantry, artillery and aerodromes.

Marshal Voroshilov has arrived at advance positions in front of Lenin= grad to take command," There has Been no more reference to the Soviet Seaplanes to Finnish claim to have reached a point 1g" miles from Leningrad to" the north-east, Fly to Capital in the central sector the Russians still seem fo, be making strong. local Nome, Alaska. Sept, 3. counter-attacks in an effort to cut off 'The two gant" Soviet' seaplaties the German loop at Gomel, which recently landed near Nome are ig'iiy Tor'Wathington today it wea are being told that the nearest spear-'American correspondents in Berlin ther conaitons are favourable. well Informed quarters reporied here. head of the German attack on Lenin~ grad "lg now 20" miles away. to ha Soviet Const in Washington, Bonterred with "Genera diligall Feiotov arrived here today the south-west and another report says that Nazi forces are within big Gromov, chief of the group of 47 fun range of the city, "But these, re~ Dersons who came in the two planes, ports have not yet been supported by is rumoured that most. of the The German High Command and the passengers "are aviation technicians Russians say their forces are. suc-Come to examine the new American cessfully resisting. models and that some of them are

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