Forging steadily ahead on an ever-widening front, Red
army troops today were beyond the high water mark of their winter counter-offensive after
capturing Zenkov, 85 miles northwest of Kharkov
army troops today were beyond the high water mark of their winter counter-offensive after
capturing Zenkov, 85 miles northwest of Kharkov
Aftonbladet said today.
The Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1943
President Returning to Washington
SOVIET DRIVE ROARS ONWARD
TOWARD KEY POLTAVA BASE
Reds Pass Highwater Mark
Of Winter Push; Zenkov
Falls; Front Still Widening
London, Aug. 26 (AP)—
Forging steadily ahead on an ever-widening front, Red
army troops today were beyond the highwater mark of their winter counter-offensive after
capturing Zenkov, 85 miles northwest of Kharkov.
A Soviet communique, announc-ng villages the fall of Zenkov and 60 nearby villages, said savage German counterattacks had failed to halt a Russian surge toward the Dnieper river bend as Red army units streamed through fallen Kharkov, pointing toward Poltava and Lozovaya, 85 miles to the southwest and south, respectively.
Russian forces on the lower Donets, meanwhile, were reported to be widening a breach in the German lines southwest of Voroshilovgrad and penetrating ever deeper into the Donets basin. The German high command declared 253 more Russian tanks had been destroyed as the Red army suffered "renewed big losses." The
Nazi communique broadcast from Berlin and recorded by the Associated Press, said strong Russian tank
and artillery forces attacked on a broad front west of Moscow, but were thrown back in hand-to-hand
fighting.
Strong Soviet Attacks
RAF Planes
Hit Berlin
Third Night
London, Aug. 26 (AP)—
RAF Mosquitos kept the nerves of Bcrliners on edge last night with the third raid on the German capital in as many nights. The air ministry communique said one of last night's raiders was missing. Simultaneously with the new stab at Berlin, other aircraft laid mines in enemy waters, it was announced.
Meanwhile, a dispatch received through Stockholm said the death toll in Berlin during Monday night's bombing, when an estimated 700 heavy bombers made a smashing at-
would have been enormous if women and children had not been evacuated from the city.
The dispatch, from the Berlin correspondent of Stockholm's Tidnlngen, said every able-bodiecl person was mobilized for fire fighting and rescue work While keeping Berlin awake, the Mosqultos put Axis radios to sleep. One after another the transmitters faded until there was a complete blackout of enemy broadcasts for
most of the night all the way across Europe.
Allies Creep
Ever Closer
To Salamaua
Allied Headquarters in the
South Pacific, 'Aug. 26 (AP) —
American and Australian jungle troops now are within a mile of the Salamaua, New Guinea, airdrome, a spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed today. This point of nearest approachis at Kennedy's crossing at the southwest end of the airstrip.
The spokesman said that along the Francisco river, which flows south of the airstrip into Bayern
bay, the only Japanese still holding out below the river are at Dot inlet on the coast.
The only semblance of a line held by the enemy begins at the inlet and runs to Nuk Nuk, directly
south of the airfield. Along that line, the enemy has made several counterattacks.
Copenhagen Riots
Bring Nazi Troops
Stockholm, Aug. 26 (AP)—
German soldiers, sped into Denmark to stamp out the people's revolt against Nazi occupation, fired a volley of shots during a disturbance in a crowded Copenhagen market place last night, the Stockholm newspaper
Aftonbladet said today.
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