Polotsk

He now anticipated that Barclay would move toward Polotsk, that is to say toward Bagration, last reported to be moving toward Orsha.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON

He now anticipated that Barclay would move toward Polotsk, that is to say toward Bagration, last reported to be moving toward Orsha.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON

VITEBSK, Belarus—Hanna Paliksha, a 60-year-old teacher from Nova Polotsk, phoned her family last month when she realized prices for sunflower oil and other basic foods had leapt some 30% in this northern Belarussian town close to the Russian border.

Discontent Growing in Belarus

Hoping prices were still stable outside Nova Polotsk, which has been used in the past as a test town for price increases, she asked her son to buy several bottles of cooking oil as a reserve for this winter.

Discontent Growing in Belarus

Of the major towns north of the Pripet Marshes, only the ancient city of Polotsk, on the River Dvina, remained, the tip of a minor salient, as the German advance had surged past Vitebsk to the south.

Deathride

Practically speaking, Smolensk was the last obstacle of any importance before Moscow, and the only militarily sound place to defend the capital was along a line that stretched from Smolensk northwest through Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Dvinsk, this last town sitting athwart the Warsaw to Leningrad rail line.

Deathride

Of the major towns north of the Pripet Marshes, only the ancient city of Polotsk, on the River Dvina, remained, the tip of a minor salient, as the German advance had surged past Vitebsk to the south.

Deathride

There were areas behind the lines that the partisans controlled for long periods of time, probably the most significant being a large section in Belorussia, from the south of Polotsk down to the north of Lepel.

Deathride

Practically speaking, Smolensk was the last obstacle of any importance before Moscow, and the only militarily sound place to defend the capital was along a line that stretched from Smolensk northwest through Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Dvinsk, this last town sitting athwart the Warsaw to Leningrad rail line.

Deathride

There were areas behind the lines that the partisans controlled for long periods of time, probably the most significant being a large section in Belorussia, from the south of Polotsk down to the north of Lepel.

Deathride