BERLIN--Speedy German panzer columns were reported tonight to be gouging to the northwest and south in a giant pincers manoeuver to encircle the capital and take it from the rear.
The High Command said the frontal menace to Moscow was growing graver by the hour with the annihilation of Red Army forces trapped in the Vyazma and Bryausk areas. It said the number of Russian prisoners taken in those pockets had surpassed 350,000 and was climbing steadily.
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