Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 1 | Russians Clear 270-Mile Capital Railway

I Russians Clear I Mile Capital Railway By EDDY lOnE GILMORE MOSCOW March 5 W A Striking ing out from the Russians have recaptured scores of or towns southwest of the fortress city and have completely cleared the mile long railway between Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- Ios- Ios cow and Lukl Luki with the occupation of 35 miles due west of ot it was announced announced announced an an- Friday Coupled with new gains by Marshal Semeon os o's forces on the northwest front and with advances by red army columns columns col cot northwest of ot the soviet successes increased the Immediate immediate im fm- Im- Im mediate threat to German positions positions positions at Orel and Russa The potential menace to German key bases at and Konotop was intensified I At Luki Lukl the red army I II I was only 80 SO miles from the Latvian Latvian Latvian Lat Lat- vian border and a short distance from north and south railway lines Jines over which the Ger Germans ans supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied the northwest front in the theL L Lake ke Ilm h b sector In other her an- an gains the Russians drew near railways over which the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans have shuttled supplies between between between be be- tween southern and central front bases I The German high command Ina in ina ina a broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by the Associated Press asserted that on the Donets front southeast of the town of ot 37 miles northeast cast of Slav- Slav and other places had been recaptured The Germans claimed two days ago Red fled Army Isolated The war bulletin also said that the Third soviet army had been cordoned of off south of and is about to be wiped out At the northern and southern ends of the Russian front the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans also claimed successes re reporting reporting re- re porting that in the Caucasus they had inflicted heavy losses on attacking attacking attacking at at- tacking Russians while in the north on either side of Russa massed Russian forces employing employing em- em tanks and planes were beaten off otc The Russians maintained their drive In Thursdays Thursday's lighting fighting the midday announcing that 42 more towns had fallen to the army pressing southwest and south of ot through stream- stream cut forest land With the southern army fightIng fighting fighting fight fight- ing its way in the direction of the Russians have two bodies moving toward each other now about miles apart and threatening to crush between them Continued on PIU Pire Five Column Five