Stockholm, Sept, 3, Well-informed circles "believe that the battle for Leningrad has already begun." says the Berlin Correspondent of "Svenska Dagbladet." The Nazis claim thai their troops had already penetrated the outer defences of the city at several points, he declares. and their advanced troops are in the of the city, lo adds that nal assault may be expected at any moment,"
These claims are not mentioned by the Berlin Correspondents of "Dagens Nyheter" and "Stockholms-Tid-ning en." who merely report that incessant rain hampering operations and that further Russian forces have been "annihilated" south of Lake Ilmen, The Germans claim, according to these correspondent! that a great encircim,;, move me! is proceeding successfully north of Novgorod (two miles north of Lake Ilmen).
The Germans admit numerous Russian counter-attacks in the central sector, the correspondents add, but claim that they "have not reached their goal" Neither have the Russians succeeded in regaining the west bank of the Dnieper despite continued efforts, Swedish correspondents in Finland (say that the Russians are now holding the Stalin Line across the Karelian Iythmus, The Finns claim to have captured Sakkola, about 50 miles south-east of Viipuri, and t" have reached Taipale just east of Sakkola.
It is said that Russian prisoners reported the death of Major-General Selentsov, commanding the 88th Russian Divisiun.—Reuter,
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