Current Events June 20, 1942: IMMENSE LOSSES, CRIMEA CITADAL FALLS:

The Charleston Gazette

Charleston, West Virginia, Saturday Morning, June 20, 1942.

Reds' Counter-Attack Clears

Sevastopol Front Trenches;

Rommel Moves Toward Egypt

Enemy Storms

Crimea Citadel

Germans Continuing Attack

With 'Utter Disregard'

Of Immense Losses,

Says Moscow

Nazis Claim Fortress

Decisively' Smashed

Timoshenko Throws Back

Attempts to Cross

Donets River

MOSCOW, Russia, June 19.—

(INS)—Waves of German infantry

pounded futilely against

the rock-like defenses of Sevastopol

tonight, supported by

herds of tanks, dive-bombers

and heavy artillery.

But the German attack,

Gambut Taken,

Tobruk Ringed

Strong Hints From London

Indicate Libyan Port

May Be Yielded

To Enemy

Daily Express Asserts

Torch Put to Bardia

CAIRO, Egypt, June 19.—

Armored Units ot Kitchie

Sweep From Frontier

To Strike Flank

CAIRO, Egypt, June 19.—

(INS)—Axis tank columns tonight

rumbled down the coastal

highway toward Bardia, on the

Libyan-Egyptian frontier, after

capturing Gambut earlier in the

day and driving to the Mediterranean

to isolate British-held

Tobruk.

Allied Troops Take Kinki

Approaching Outskirts

Of Enemy Base

CHUNGKING, China, June 19.—

(INS)—A series of stunning Chi-

nese victories has smashed a ring

of towns protecting the right flank

of the Japanese army in western

Kiangsi province, it was officially

announced tonight.

The Chinese troops took Kinki

and have reached the outskirts of

the main Japanese base of Linchiten,

it was stated.