Main Fortification Before Orel Falls To Soviets

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A special communique issued by the Soviet High Command id the in fortifications before the German base at Orel fell before the onslaught of the Red Army yesterday, and the Soviet forces advanced nearer the German base. Since the start of the Soviet offensive the Germans have suffered over fifty thousand killed in this sector alone and six thousand taken prisoners. A total of one thousand one hundred and forty-eight German tanks were destroyed and more than nine hundr24 planes.

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