THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper—Established 1873
BISMARCK. N. D.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26,1943
Russ Army Pushes Battle Lines
Ahead in Ukraine and Caucasus
Stalin Rallies
Russians on to Greater Gains
Moscow---(AP)---urged
on by an order of the day in
which Premier Stalin for the first time signed himself in as
supreme commander of the Red army, Russia's fighting forces
pushed their battle lines ahead in the Ukraine and the Caucasus
F r i d a y and battled against growing German resistance
in the lower Don approaches to Rostov.
The premier's praise was contained in an order of the day broadcast
by the Moscow radio and reported here by the Soviet Monitor.
Praises Red Army
In it he cited the Red army In it he cited the Red army for
driving 245 miles in two months of the Russian winter offensive and
capturing more than 200,000 prisoners while rolling the Germans
back from the Volga and down from the Don.
French Fight Germans in Marseilles
Battle Bitterly Against Leaving Old Port City
LONDON— (AP) —Vichy authorities have proclaimed
a state of siege in Marseille, the Vichy radio reported Tuesday,
after, dispatches from Switzerland told of angry
Frenchmen fortifying their homes in the old port district
of the city and firing on German soldiers ordered to evacuate
the district.
The German News Agency DNB said in dispatches to Madrid and
Lisbon that 40,000 persons had been arrested in the city The Vichy radio,
which placed the number of arrested at 6,000, was making an
obvious effort to minimize difficulties in the old and historical city
of Marseille, second largest in France.
Nazis Fight Back as Allies
Develop Squeeze on Tunisia
LONDON — (AP) — Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel's Libyan army and the Axis Tunisian forces under
Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim fought back to back to retain a foothold in
Africa Tuesday as the British Eighth army pressed relentlessly after the
retreating Rommel in the south and American, British and French
forces held firmly a bristling line on the west.
Yank Bombers Hit
Jap Munition Ship
By VERN HAUGLAND
NEW GUINEA -(AP)— A small
Japanese ship probably carrying munitions exploded with towering
flames that lighted the entire Rabaul Harbor area Monday night as
Flying Fortresses unloaded more than 15 tons of bombs on airdromes
and shipping in the harbor.
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