Kingsport, Tenn., Tuesday, February 1, 194
Americans
Take Nazi
Prisoners
A l l i ed Headquarters, Algiers — ( A P) —
Allied troops bursting forward in a big offensive f om their invasion beachhead have struck to the outskirts of Campoleone, only 16 mi l es southeast of Rome, and also to the edge of C i s t c r n a, c o m m u n i c a t i o ns town on the App i an Way 14 m i l es n o r t h e a st of
Anz io, h e a d q u a r t e rs a n n o u n c ed today. Camp o l e o ne is 15 m i l es above the i n v a s i on port of An z i o.
Russians
Nearer
To Estonia
L o n d o n — A P — T he R ed A r my cont i n u ed its s t e ady dr ive towa rd t h e ;Estonian f r o n t i er today w i th u n i ts of Ge n e r al Leonid A. Go v o r o v 's L e n i n g r ad Army b a t t l i ng stuborn
G e r m an t r o o ps in t he s t r e e ts of Ki n g i s e p p, gateway to t he B a l t ic and 13 m i l es
f r om the a n c i e nt f o rt i f i ed c i ty of Na r v a, rile mi l es inside the E s t o n i an b o r d e r.
Both the Moscow c o m m u n i q ue a nd f r o nt l i ne dispatches r e p o r t ed c o n t i n u i ng
Rus s i an successes a ll along t he n o r t h e rn f r o n t. Sovi et troops crossed the Luga Rive r, 27
miles southeast, of Ki n g i s e p p, and c a p t u r ed the t own of Lipa, two miles f a r t h er we s t, in a d d i t i on to for c ing the wa t er b a r r i er at several o t h er p o i n ts n o r th a nd s o u th of
Kingisepp.
Ge rman broadcasts said t he Russians "made f u r t h e r advanc es in a few sectors" b e twe en Lake Ilmen and the G u lf of F i n l a n d. The commu n i q ue r e p o r t ed a s t r o ng Russianbreakthrough at t he N i k o p o l r bidgehead in t he D n i e p er b e nd and southwest of Dn e p r o p e t r o v s k.
Bitter Fighting
The Ge rmans we re fighting bi tt e r ly but a p p a r e n t ly we re not able to s t and up u n d er the r e l ent l e ss hamme r ing of the Russian power drive.
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