In this battle of the European slants, some 5,000,000 men are" be-Meved to be engaged on land, They are about equally matched, The Germans are believed to have 176 Givisiony "of 15,000 men compared with 165 Russian divisions, this figure Rot including 'Russia's forces in' the Far East, authoritatively believed in Weshington that, the Russian forces are disposed as follows:—23 divisions east of Finland, 42 south and 12 couth-east of Finland, 24 in the centre on the Polish front, and 48 south on the Ukraine frontier, with 18 or more German troops are also reported to have capturer! Riga, the capital of Latvia, yesterday morning accord ing toa Stockholm despatch received Vichy last night, DNB. further announced "extrem moly violent" air attacks on industrial targets in Leningrad in the ast two days, while the German Fadio reported the first Russian alr Tran Intends to Remain Neutral London, June 27. Iran has informed Russia of her intention to remain neutral in the latest phase of the world war, says the Moscow radio. A verbal communication to this effect was made on Thursday by the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow. The same source said that Soviet papers published in detail the speech of Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary—Reuter. raids on Hungary, which caused a ten-minute alert" in' Budapest and "fairly heavy damage" at two points the country. Another raid reported by the Swiss radio caused "con siderable damage" to the former Polish town of Kosice, now in Hungary.
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