Berlin, July 23.
An authorized German military spokesman last night announced that German troops had pushed through Soviet defences to points 150 kilometres beyond the upper reaches of the Dnieper river.
Apparently the Germans were pounding steadily eastward toward Moscow, and it was estimated that Panzer divisions were between 125 and 155 miles from the Russian capital.
Simultaneously, D.N.B., the official German news agency, claimed that the Red Air Force between Sunday and Monday lost 71 machines in air battles and 39 others which were destroyed on the ground.
German bombers on Monday si ed a heavily laden convoy of Soviet merchant vessels on the Dnieper river and sank three ships carrying troops. according to D.N.B.
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