Show r A Gr Great at af Russian Victory T THE Russians have done it again In their first big summer offensive they have blasted blasted blasted blast blast- ed the Germans out of their great fortress position at Orel and thus paved the way for fora a possible further crushing offensive south and southwest which might drive the nazis out L of and the whole Donets Donots basin Orel Ore was a vital strong point on the Cerman German German Ger Ger- man defense line in Russia In German hands zor lor almost two iwo years z it was strongly fortified loru- loru fied Lied and ably defended It was the anchor for the German front which on either side of Orel sagged westward So long as as' as the Germans held Orel the Russians found it militarily mili mili- difficult to enlarge their to the north and south Now with Orel fallen the line will be straightened out The Russians Rue Rus sinus should be able to mount new offensives offensives offen offen- ves down the valleys valleS of tributary rivers of the threatening the rear of the whole German Gernan line south of Orel It is not impossible that before beCore the end of good fighting fight fight- ing trig weather this fall the Germans will have been forced to pull back their entire defense line in south Russia to the Whether that happens or not the Russians Russians Rus Rus- have won a great victory victory greater greater even in its implications than in its reality For the first time in this war wr the Russians have achieved a major success in the summer For the first time Unie In this war the Germans have failed to achieve any major summer success That is of the utmost significance If the vaunted German is not only stymied sty- sty in its favorite fa offensive season but defeat de- de defeated f feat d how can it hope to withstand the power of the red armies this winter whiter when the favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa offensive season for the Russians rolls around Of course its it's still sUll a long way from Orel to Berlin BerlIn BerlIn-a a long way even back to the Russian Rus Bus sian alan frontier But the Russ war machine is on n its way It is rolling ponderously and in inexorably inexorably inexorably in- in westward and we doubt if anything on earth can stop it |