The Archive · 1941

Nazi-Finnish Forees Held

Moscow, June 30. 66P)URING last night, our troops continued stubborn fighting in the Murmansk, Dvinsk, Minsk and Luck sectors," says a Russian communique issued today.

"In other sectors of the front, night reconnaissance, frequent troop regroupings and artillery duels took plac "The enemy today persistently and repeatedly attempted to cross our state frontier on the Karelian isthmus but each time the fire and counter-attacks of our troops threw him back to his original positions, inflicting heavy losses, The communique mentions that at one point German infantry battalions three times attacked positions occupied by Russian'troops but were repulsed leaving behind 300 dead on the battlefield. The enemy retreated behind the state frontier, it is added.

"On the same day in the Viborg sector, the enemy attempted @ naval Tanding. Decisive operations by our troops destroyed the enemy landing material were heavy, it insisted that the Germans suffered even more [severe losses,

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