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May 25, 1942

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Germans Are Reinforced; GRENADE RIFLE: RUSSIA'S NEW ANTI-TANK-WEAPON STRUGGLES BITTER ON UKRAINE FRONT SEESAW IN UKRAINE

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

MOSCOW, Monday, May 25 -After two days spent in consolidating captured positions, Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's men on the Kharkov front have resumed their advance, the Russians announced today. A communique says that an important place has been recaptured by Russian troops.

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STRUGGLES BITTER; Nazi Tanks and Infantry in Izyum-Barvenkova Sector Striking LOSSES REPORTED SEVERE Soviet Claims Important Point in Renewed Drive -- Berlin Tells of Encirclement

By the Associated Press

USSR forces on defensive, Izyum-Barvenkova area; claim gains before Kharkov; German tank losses huge; von Bock withdrawing soldiers from other areas to reinforce Kharkov front; Timoshenko strategy seen as factor; USSR artillery repulses German tank thrust, Zmiyev; Germans claim strong USSR forces ringed, south of Kharkov; map

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