Fresh Russian attacks from east to west across the Dnieper River also are reported by the Germ—- The official Italian news agency refers to one attack by 15.000 Russian troops.
A big battle still rages round Odessa and Berlin claims that the
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On the other hand the Rome radio said today that the position of Odessa is somewhat stronger and an Italian newspaper warned Axis read. ers that the fall of the city cannot be expected in a hurry.
M. Lozovsky, Soviet press chief, denying reports of a separate Russo-Finnish peace, said that although the Finns were having great food diffi culties and suffering big losses of troops and although there was a strong desire for peace among the people, the reports of negotiations did no, correspondent with realities.
The Finnish Minister in Washington hes also denied that moves for a separate peace have been made,—Reuter.
Soviet Counter-attack Continues London, Sept. 3.
British reports today indicated that a fierce battle was raging around the railway jundion of Velikieluki, 120 miles northwest of Smolensk.
Marshal Semion Timonshenko's forces in the Gomel area were reported by the British press as making successful counter-attacks with the object of relieving Marshal Semion Budenny's threatened right British military experts pointed out that if the Russian counter-attacks should be continued they would put a halt to the German plans to drive toward Kharkov, Repeated Attacks Across Dnieper They. stressed that Marshal Budenny's repeated attacks across the Dnieper apparently were preventing the Germans from crossing the river and increasing pressure on Kiev or in the direction of the Don River and Donetz basil The military experts believed that Marshal Budenny's raids from the left bank of the Dnieper chiefly will have the effect—whether or not in tended—of preventing the Germans from weakening any sector in the Ukraine front to send troops to the most hard-pressed areas in the central front or massing a spearhead to traverse the Dnieper at any particular point and force a passage through the Red Army to the Ukraine industrial region beyond.—United Press.
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