The correspondent reported that Germans were fleeing in disorder and had left thousands of unburied dead. Russians, he said, had captured at least 102 guns, 200 machine-guns and 100.00 shells.
Meanwhile, the Soviet information bureau announced in a communique that Soviet troops fought stubbornly along the entire front.
The Russian Air Force "scored blows against enemy troops on the battlefield and destroyed planes. at aerodromes," said the communique. "Seventy-one German planes were destroyed on Sept. 7 in aerial combats and by anti-aircraft fire and on aerodromes while we lost 24," said the communique, adding that "two German scouting planes were shot down in the proximity of Moscow on Sept. 9. headquarters and large munition dumps,, said the newspaper.
Red "bombers also sank several ferries carrying infantry and artillery and prevented the Germans from crossing, said the newspaper. The "Red Star" said that bunds along the river were strewn with thousands of enemy dead:
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