Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-11-10 | Page 1 | Nazis Admit Red Counterthrust Halts Drive on Sevastopol

Nazis Admit Red Halts Drive on Sevastopol l By Associated Pre Press s Desperate Russian counterattacks counterattacks counterattacks tacks have brought the German advance on the Crimean naval base of Sevastopol to a temporary standstill official German news agency declared Monday night The news agency said the ilie Russians Russians Russians' Rus Rus- started their Jast ast Saturday after laying down downa a heavy artillery barrage Leningrad which Adolf Hitler boasted he could storm and capture capture cap cap- ture whenever he wished to was being enfolded Monday by two- two wide-swinging wide encirclement offensives offensives offensives offen offen- of the Germans Germans-a a bit of grand strategy dictated apparently by the chance that Finland might step out of the war before Hitler is ready i S ft i 3 The Hitler command announced capture of the important traffic junction of about miles mUes southeast of Leningrad by bya a force moving across the Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin Lenin- grad Moscow communications zone The other arm of the offensive from the northeast over Ka elian approaches won by the Finns Finh was disclosed in advices re reaching thing ching Lon Lon- don The Moscow front appeared to tobe tobe tobe be static but a London source said that there was heavy fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing and stubborn resistance by bythe bythe bythe the Russians in both the Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad Lenin Lenin- grad and Moscow sectors The regular midday que of the Rus Russians lans typically cryptic said that fighting continued continued con con- through the night all aU along the front I r A f v