BOMBS AND SHELLS BLAST STALINGRAD

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 230, 29 September 1942, Page 3

BOMBS AND SHELLS BLAST STALINGRAD

TERRIFIC BLITZ

(.d :;inns Attempting To < "I City Into Scctors I'' v '' '"If i -!> WirrlO-js f> ( ).\ D( )\ r t Sept. 28. , . ■y i V,vi!'' r l ',r low '- v Penetra- . Hie greater part • ;;!L "I ' especially , n ■ I he rimes Stockholm . , 1 ,u> Krcatest single . V'.c t.ermaiis to p r „. ■ : ' '' 1: ' 1 ■>' ion of bombers "• "' '•< p»umiing c«» n - where 1 • sl ;. ,vv, y Induced thc ' : r . Sta does not j. , garrison h " r persistent attacks had ~n equal, if not a ' of artillery, which was i 1 1 o 11 y handled. 1,1 111 Pressure north-west of " I '"V-" , sI,OVVs n<> relaxation. N "' " , is n "t making tangible '",''' ' large enemy ' inf luting heavy casualties ;i, V , I'reyent ing re«i 4 ouping. '' 1 11 r| ooia Mroarlcasting Svs- '" I '■ 1 i ''-pondent. broadcasting ■ says the (iermans in •. • 1 1 " are trying to drive to ' down single separ ate sli'cfi and thus divide the (U- ---'''''''''' • """ small groups and then 1 "" v llx'in piecemeaj. The ("Jerii ,l; •' i lmiititcdiy are suffering high (,i-I la! in. but are constantly bringing up troops in transport planes. l-oiir Na/.i Divisions in City A Mo cow message says the Germans v\,ithiii Stalingrad are using nt least iwo infantry and two tank Ui v isii ins. The Vichy radio reported that the German High Command has unleashed the most violent air bombardment Stalingrad has yet faUllcrcil. Stalingrad, which is not wide at any part, stretches for 2;"> miles along the we.--1, bank of the Volga, and the enemy is attempting to cut lanes through the city to break up the defending forces. In the past 21 hours all attacks have been repulsed, and German counter blows north of the city have also been beaten back. Von Flock has brought up reserves by land and air, and restored the strength c>f his army to 1,000,000 men. Mite air squadrons, also brought in from another front, are making 1000 sorties daily. The Russians northwest. of Stalingrad seized a line of blockhouses, and the Germans 17 times unsuccessfully counter attacked in an attempt to recapture them. Despite its huge losses the German drive against Stalingrad is not losing strength, and the position remains tense, according to the Moscow journal Pravda. flitter actions are in progress on thc outskirts of the cit v.

A largo scale Russian attack is in progress In the region of Kjev, In the north-west of Moscow, but no information is yet available in London about the results. Heavy fighting continues south of Mosclok, where the Germans have made further slight gains.

Moscow radio reports the destruction of Id enemy mortar batteries in tierce hand-to-hand fighting west of Moscow. Berlin radio said: "The German defences have gone underground in the Kjev area. The earth is the only safe place in that hurricane of death. The Russians are incessantly attacking, but we retain our positions."