Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-08 | Page 2 | Radio Says Reds Take Danube Isle

r Radio Says Reds Take Danube Isle LONDON Nov 8 UP Radio UP-Radio Radio Budapest said Wednesday that soviet soviet so so- viet troops outflanking the Hungarian Hun garian garlan capital from the south had landed on a 11 small island in the middle of the Danube river four miles awa away Fighting is going on not fa tar far r from Budapest the broadcast said adding that soviet artillery and antiaircraft guns already were firing from suburban suburb suburb- an town on the east bank of the Danube also within four miles of the capital The Hungarian broadcast gave no details of ot the landing on the mid Danube island but said the attack apparently was designed to build up a base for an assault on mile long Csepel island an Industrial center between the eastern eastern east east- ern and western arms of the Danube below Budapest Berlin reported the red army had launched a strong assault against the mile mile German defense defense de de- tense line along the river northeast of Budapest and had seized two bridgeheads on the west bank posing a new threat against the satellite capital The he soviet high command for forthe forthe forthe the second straight day made no mention of the fighting around Budapest In its It was believed Marshal Rodion Rodlon Y Malinovsky was regrouping his Second Ukrainian army for the I. I final assault on the city