| Show 2 Red Armies Aim At AI Left Flank of ofin Foe in Ea E. Prussia MOSCOW MOSCOW Aug 12 Two JP P Two so soviel soviet soviet so- so viet viel armies moving through gh 25 captured settlements over a a. mile front advanced upon the Ma Ma- surian lake country of East Prussia Prussia Prussia sia Saturday in a maneuver which seriously endangered the Germans' Germans entire left flank Marshal Konstantin K Rokos- Rokos troops driving northward from positions northeast of Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw War War- saw and Gen forces striking out from west and northwest northwest northwest north north- west of toward the World war battle theater in East Prussia were applying severe pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure on the Germans The G Germans who had massed reserves of of- of armor in the East Prussia-Lithuanian Prussia frontier began a a. feverish shifting to meet the new danger Stay Counterblows Dispatches from the field northwest northwest north north- west of to the army newspaper Red Star said the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- beat back often back often in to hand-to- hand clashes initial clashes initial counterattacks counterattacks counterattacks tacks launched by the reserves Ten to 12 counterblows were hurled against separate parate s sectors but these were said to have slackened slackened slackened slack slack- ened with the enemy retreating westward This is Ia difficult country for tanks and Russian infantry largely is winning the battle marching ever closer to East Prussia Two swift-flowing swift deep rivers were the scene of Saturdays Saturday's hot battleground south of the Masu Masu- nan ian lakes the lakes the Bug where it falls into the Vistula north of Warsaw and the a tributary of the west and northwest of Crossings Imminent T There ere w were re no in indications li fo th that t the Russians have crossed either river b but t if not these operations are in the offin offing 1 This This' smash into th Germans Germans' left flank stands stands' out as one of the best maneuvers of ol the war for Continued on ore Page Pace Two Column Two 2 Red Armies Aim At AI Prussia Flank Continued from Page One Marshal Stalin who always plays the game of a crafty boxer A Ablow Ablow Ablow blow was thrown in after the enemy had been forced to move his main defense to the East sian-Lithuanian sian frontier Sensational news poured In from the Estonian front as Gen Ivan followed up his breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough break break- through southwest of and penetrated deep in the enemy rear a Red Star dispatch said Whale ShaIe Nazi Reserves Correspondents said the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans threw in a new division in inthe inthe inthe the region of ot captured and that it received one of the worst beatings of the campaign The who resisted were exterminated and the rest capitulated Red Star said That according to the count of captured German generals left 29 more divisions in the Perhaps enemy troops faced de de- de- de The red army advanced 15 to 20 miles through its wide mile gap on the Estonian front and Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day was in a position to strike southwestward at Riga and move northward upon Tallinn Nearer Nazi South The capture of settlements northwest and west of put the Soviets In some places 18 4 miles southeast and east of the Prussian border and 29 miles from Lyck in the lake region The push northeast of ot Warsaw which swept in settlements and railway stations advanced the Russians in some places to less les than 50 miles from the southern East Prussian border The steady advance toward Lomza carried past with the Russians 39 miles to the south and 25 miles away to the east Wipe Out Nazi Nests Meanwhile Marshal Konstantin K fighting one of ot the toughest engagements of his brilliant career has not only spurred on the great East Prussian Prussian Prussian sian attack but has wiped out German nests of ot resistance at Dobre and 25 to 30 miles from Warsaw At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time he has maintained pressure against the capital itself By smashing northward between between between be be- tween Warsaw and the red army has developed the threat of ultimate encirclement against both the German Germans defending East Prussia and those committed in inthe inthe inthe the siege of Warsaw This was matched by the advance advance advance ad ad- vance west of the Vistula bend In southern Poland where other red army forces despite fanatical counterattacks by new panzer brigades bri gades edged nearer to the enemy's lifelines stretched taut between Warsaw and Krakow |
