Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-01-25 | Page 1 | Russ Use Trains to Chase Nazis on North Front

Russ Use Trains To Chase Nazis On North Front By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW Jan 25 WP P With armored trains soviet lov armies of the Leningrad front pushed the Germ Germans ns n's down the Leningrad Leningrad- railway Tuesday as the nazis fought frantically ly to avoid void g great eat encirclements from the sector sector sec see tor south of captured capture Selo to positions in the area of at the western Corner of Lake The Russians Russians' big m monsters of ot ott t the e rails raUs salvo Into the the- retreating nazis Re Red RedStar Redstar Star th the army newspaper said It appeared the Germans were faced with one of their worst c ca catastrophes ca- ca of the Russian campaIgn campaign cam cam- with large forces In divisional divi divi- strength desperately fightIng fighting fighting fight fight- ing off oft outflanking movements ments which threatened to cut off oft an estimated troops between Leningrad and the The Germans hold only two usable usable usa usa- ble south north-south railways the Leningrad ad and the Lenin Lenin- grad lines The Russians are arc within five miles of the first line and the second is 10 miles mUes farther west Red Star reported the big Push Push- kin airport is in soviet hands A front line dispatch said the red army is capturing many villages villages vil vU- lages by night then outflanking and attacking frontally the bigger objectives in daylight with ski troops armed with tommy guns leading the way but encountering hard going over muddy roads There are terrific battles along the roads I The total of ot captured mull milli meter guns has risen to which I mea means s the bulk of the German big bigI I guns which shelled Leningrad for forI I two years now are In Russian hands I bomb bombers rs were continuing con con- to do great damage to the retreating columns Red Star re reported re- re ported adding that the Leningrad offensive has Jias been probably the Stormo iks' iks most striking victory of the wat war Dispatches indicated increasing disorganization and panic among the German forces Numerous staff documents have been seized and sleek po powerful cars of high officers are lying overturned In Inthe Inthe inthe the mud