Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1941 — Page 9

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Operations; Equipment Being Repaired.

. LONDON, Dec. 4 (U. P).—Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, British com-mander-in-chief in Libya, has massed tanks, armored cars, artilJery and infantry along a right angled line ‘pivoted on Sidi Omar and is awaiting reconnaissance reports before resuming the offensive,

military dispatches said today. The line was reported to extend from Bir El Gobi, -30 miles south of the defenses of Tobruk, to Sidi Omar on the Egyptian frontier and thence northward to Bardia on the coast. Semi-enclosed in the area were the 15th and 21st German tank

™ visions, under Gen. Erwin Rommel,

and the Italian Ariete Division { which had forced a material British

= 7 withdrawal and had thus seriously : J disrupted the British offensive = plans.

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Move Up Reserves

Rain and winds hampered operations for the moment and forces s on both sides were busy repairing equipment, while the British moved up formidable bodies of reserves. A ministry of information communique, revealing Libyan operations, said the British still had to deal with powerful Axis forces not only in the Bir El Gobi-Sidi OmarBardia area but southwest and west of Tobruk. But it said that in operations so far most Axis strong points along the Egyptian frontier had been taken, the Axis coastal defenses had been isolated and Axis advanced supply bases had been seized. ~ Such explanations did not serve, however, to quiet the growing: criticism of alleged British over-opti-mism. “The campaign in Libya has not met with the swift decisive success which several incautious predictions in the first few days encouraged us to hope for,” said the NewsCronical. “It looks as if there had been some miscalculation.”

Surprise Advantage Lost

“Can nobody damp the airy-fairy optimism of the military spokesman at general headquarters at Cairo?” asked the Daily Mirror. Military experts said it seemed clear (1) that Britain's initial surprise advantage had vanished and its drive had been stopped; (2) whatever decision might be gained now must come from consistent air superiority and a probable edge in the number of tanks, guns and men available” The experts said the German tanks had been too much for the more numerous but lighter British and American light tanks.

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Adolf Hitler reportedly has sent General Field Marshal von Brauchitsch, above, to southern Russia in an attempt to stem the Russian counter-offensive,

FINN TERRITORY

Retirement Is Reported Part of Plan to Split

Axis Partners.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 4 (U. P).—Russia was reported in

MOSCOW SAYS

FARTS

NAZIS RETREAT

Only Admitted Gains by German Forces Are in Kharkov Sector.

dispatches today reported Red Army counter-attacks had forced German units “into flight” in the Donets Basin, driven enemy rear line troops into retreat west/of Rostov and re-

captured a strategic town—possibly Klin — on the endangered front northwest >f Moscow. Only on the Kharkov sector, 250 miles northwest of Rostov, where

started a major offensive in an effort to stop the retreat of Axis armies from Rostov did the Russion dispatches acknowledge important gains by the enemy. Pursue Rostov Armies

On other fronts, they reported: ROSTOV—Pursuit of the retreating German armies west of Taganrog continued with “even rear establishments situated far ‘from the front lines beating a retreat.” A Fascist divisional general named Schmidt was reported killed in the fighting, which has now resulted in Axis losses of 23,500 men.

DONETS BASIN — Red Army units improved their positions and “turned to flight” the advanced enemy forces, occupying two villages in a steady advance. In one area in the south, the newspaper Izvestia said that Russian troops pursuing the “disorderly retreat” of the enenfy had driven the Germans; from 30 villages in 24 ours. |

LONDON, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—Soviet|

massed German stock forces have|.

usually reliable quarters today to be MOSCOW FRONT — Russian withdrawing from all Finnish ter-|counter blows drove the Germans ritory as part of a big Anglo-Rus-|back in the vital Kalinin sector, sian diplomatic move aimed at|ROrthwest of the capital, where the

eventually alienating Finland from

i reported officially that the Russians had started to withdraw their garrison, estimated at 30,000 men, from the big Hangoe naval base on the southwest Finnish coast. :

(A German official news agency dispatch from Helsinki reported that all Finland was decorated with flags in celebration of the evacuation of Hangoe.) Informants here said the Russians were starting to evacuate all the Finnish territory they acquired in the winter war of 1939-1940, which remains in their hands, including the important fishermen’s peninsula on the Arctic coast. The reports were not confirmed officially. It was believed here,

Nazis had claimed to be within 27 miles of the Kremlin. Three attacks recaptured an important town, which was believed to be Klin. But radio dispatches from Moscow continued to say the situation is “most serious.” : In fighting on the Donets front, the official Soviet news agency said, the Germans lost 55 of 60 tanks:in one unit in five days of battle which broke all of the Axis attempts to counter-attack. ‘ On the front west of Rostov, the Russians reported, the enemy lost 2500 killed in one day of fighiing as the Axis retreated westward. Taganrog was encircled and attacked by the Russians but it was indicated that part of the city still was held by German forces, as the Red air force bombed the Taganrog airdrome and destroyed 14 enemy planes. The Germans, however, were reported attacking strongly near

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however, that Russia and _ Britain intended to deprive Finland of any Trason for aiding Germany against Kharkov. Britain is understood to have - given Finland until midnight Friday p to. make clear its ition, the alter- PROBE PARTIES OF native to a sa reply being 3 a British tion of war. D LN E ROKER’ Reports from Helsinki that in nish troops were following close upon the heels of Russian troops] WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U. P.).— evacauating Hangoe, were taken to|A special House Military Affairs mean that Finland had decided to|Subcommittee may hear today the defy Britain for the present and |answer of a speculator who allegedcontinue its military support of |ly entertained defense contractors Germany. ac lavish parties in a New York otel. LONDON, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—A Brit- Leon K. Shanack, New York, has ish declaration of war against Fin-|been subpenaed by the committee land, Rumania and Hungary, which | Which is investigating so-called dehad been expected by diplomats this | fense brokers. He must appear to-

to W gastioning tim oy later. i the United Sta it ony ore Bran teu he Cle Sas sot a wor i Wd pocketed fat commissions arranging sibconJURY TO GET MAINE tracting transactions between New

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of dollars” to the FARMINGTON, Me, Dec. 3 government's defense costs. (U. P.).—A jury of 11 men and one| Committeé investigators introwoman decides today whether Fred |guced photostatic copies of checks G. Wheeler, 80, married and the paid to Shanack by one of the confather of five children, killed bicnd cerns totaling $5471. However, they Florence Buzzell, 20, because she|sajd this was but a “drop in the forsook him for younger men, Or |pucket” and that his total earnings

whether she committed suicide.

The defense unexpectedly rested its case yesterday. Wheeler was not called to testify, nor was Miss Buzzell’s diary, - which contains the names of 122 boy friends, introduced as evidence. Judge Albert Beliveau charges the jury this morning.

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Berlin Claims New Gains On Central Front, but Denies Rostov Rout.

BERLIN, Dec. ¢ (U. P).—Russia’s counter-offensive in the south

is battering Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt’s defense lines, mil-

Donets’ basin around Kharkov by placing it at the lead of today’s communique. The spokesmen denied, however, that Nazi forces are retreating in disorder through Taganrog, 40 miles west of Rostov, and challenged Soviet reports that fighting already had broken out in Taganrog's suburbs. claimed Von Rundstedt has

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