Daily Post - 19.01.1943, Blaðsíða 1

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8th Arny Nearlng Nissurata
Eighty Miles Advanee After
BommeFs Defences Broken
Only 100 Miles To Tripoli*
Leningrad
Relieved
London, Jan. 18th.
A communique jrom Genercil Alexander’s HQ, reaching here
hte Sunday night, announced that threatened hy an enveloping
7110vement from the south, and subjected to an overwhelming
c°ncent.ration of bombs and shells, General Rommel liad with-
drawn his Army from his carefully prepared positions at Wadi
Zam Zam, and was again in full flight, hotly pursued by the
British Eighth Army, the forward elements of which are now
njithin 100 miles of Tripoli.
To-day’s Cairo communique
reports that General Montgo-
mery’s men are continuing their
Push northwards on a broad
front. Allied bombers continue
harass Rommel’s retreating
columns, pressing their offen-
sive over the whole battle area.
70 MILE DEEP FRONT
The Eighth Army is driving
forward on a front between 60
ar>d 70 miles in depth, and its
most westerly elements have
reached within 100 miles of Tri-
Þoli itself. Yesterday our troops
"’ere in contact with the enemy
Dtlly 25 miles from Misurata.
The average advance along the
whole front since the offensive
^egan on Friday, is some 70
^Oiles. The Axis has tried to
up our advance by means
hold
ot artillery, land mines and
^chinegun fire, and other ob-
strUctions, but owing to the
sPlendid work of our sappers
1-hese obstacles have been over-
Coroe. More prisoners were
töken yesterday, but from dis-
Patches it appears that our own
casualties have been ligRt.
R-A.F. HARASS RETREAT
Our fighter bombers and
Ighters have been steadily har-
assing the retreating enemy
columns all the way to Tripoli.
On Saturday they were out in
force, smashing all along the
line of enemy communications.
Castel Benito is now within
range of our fighter bombers,
and the retreating enemy makes
good targets, as he has not been
able to disperse his forces. Two
enemy supply vessels were sunk
by our bombers off the Tunisian
coast. From all yesterday’s op-
erations only five Allied air-
craft are missing.
‘Tunisia
In Tunisia, Allied aircraft
have swept far afield, bombing
and machinegunning a variety
of enemy targets. The Axis
supply line between Medjes el
Bab and Tebourba got special
attention, as did also Axis road
traffic between Sfax and Tri-
poli. All the Allied aircraft got
back safely from these opera-
tions. Since the beginning of the
African campaign, 194 Axis
planes have been destroyed for
the loss of 97 American aircraft.
General Giraud’s French
forces. have overcome strong
enemy resistance north-west
and south of Kairouan.
Schlusselburg Taken And
Defence Ring Smashed
Millerovo Falls.
New Voronesh Offensive
(:;!« ; London, Jan. 18th
A communique from Moscow, reaching here last night, re-
ports that the siege of Leningrad has been raised. The communique
states that a Russian offensive south of Lake Ladoga has pene-
trated the vast network of the German defences; that Russian
troops have captured Schliisselburg, the key town of the Nazi ring
around Leningrad,—as wéll as Sinyavino, another important com-
munication centre, bitterly contested this fall—and have crossed
to the western bank of the Neva. In this magnificent assault, our
Allies have routed four German infantry divisions, killed 13.000
Nazi troops and taken 12,000 prisoners.
Over the week-end Moscow has been able to announce further
Russian successes. The most important is the new break-through
south of Voronezh, announced on Sunday night, and the con-
tinued liquidation of the trapped German Sixth Army west of
Stalingrad, where the Nazis have lost their only remaining air-
field.
A special Russian communi-
que, reaching here late Sunday
night, announced that Soviet
forces had broken through the
German lines south of Voronezh
in three places, and on a 30 to
'40 mile broad front in each sec-
tor, at the same time announc-
ing the capture of Millerovo,
the biggest German base and
hedgehog position in the Don
basin north of Rostov.
VITAL JUNCTION
Milleríwo is a vital junction,
connecting the Voronezh-Ros-
tov railway with that running
west to Voroshilovgrad, and the
western Don basin. The town
has been almost encircled for
some time, and was on Satur-
day attacked from three direc-
tions. The garrison put up fero-
cious resistance, and tried to
break out westwards as the
Russians carried one sector
after another with hand gren-
ades and the bayonet, but were
wiped out nearly to a man.
Much booty fell into the hands
of our Allies, including 15 un-
damaged aircraft and some roll-
ing stock.1
Since the resumption of the
offensive south of Voronezh,
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