TRENCH WARFARE

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

TRENCH WARFARE

ON RUSSIAN FRONTS

Heavy Struggle To Relieve Leningrad Garrison

Rer. 2 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 28. There are two battles for Stalingrad, says The Times Moscow correspondent—the battle of the houses and the hattle of the approaches. Uig battles are raging between German tanks and Russian artillery in the fields, gardens and broad roads at the city's edge. Sometimes as many as 100 tanks are involved.

Heavy lighting, much of which is trench warfare on the Flanders pattern, Is reported in the Leningrad area, at Lake Ilmen, north-west, west and south-west of Moscow, at Voronezh and south of Novorossisk, and also In the Mosdok area, in the eastern Caucasus.

According to Russian reports little territory lias changed hands in any of these sectors. The Paris radio, however, declared that the Germans have occupied Sinyavino, south-east of Leningrad, and also that one German column in the Caucasus lias now passed Mosdok.

The Moscow radio said Russian tanks on the Voronezh front killed over UH) Germans and smashed up pillboxes and also gun positions. Armoured units made a thrust into tin' German defences.

Russian tanks advancing on the central front defeated a group of heavy German tanks. The Russians advancing on another sector of this front annihilated t"he headquarters of a large German unit and killed many .staff ollicers.

'lilt: German communique states I hut German troops of an advanced unit in the northern part of Stalingrad have completely cleared the Kii: .-.ians from the captured sections of the city. Russian relief attacks from the north and south of StalinKr.nl have been beaten back. Russian atii mpts to break through the ring around Leningrad have collapsed with the fa dure of the attempted crossing of the River Neva.

The llussiana have surged forward from the Lovat [fiver, between the Kholni marshes and Lake llnien, 120 miles south of Leningrad, and iTo.sf.ed the I'olista River, says the Sim kholm correspondent of The Times. The Germans now refer to the battles as being south-west in. te.nl of south-east of Lake 11 men.

(ierlllall counter-attacks have been the mam feature of the lighting at

sim\.iviini. south-east of Leningrad, 111 ilie |>a/;t few days. The Russians have mopped ijp enemy groups v h.;< ■11 had driven a wedge into their J.iii...

SOVIET AND FRENCH

Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 28. 11 is ollieially stated that the Sovi"t I'nion has recognised the French National Committee as alone <11.■ 1111.«< Ito organise participation in the war of French nationals and ie•• i-:»• ii ies, and to represent French in'ere is with the Soviet Government.

I «iv .sptr . ii arr.infzpmpnt. Renter's World Service, in Aiiditiot. io other special sources of Information. m ton compilation of the oveFteaa intelllpublished In this issue, and all Fight® th*»rrin m Australia and New Zealand are reierved. ' f n •! ihr r;ible news on this page as Is so n«:i»ipfj »ms appeared In The Times, and is sent I" »his '' • i-♦*r hv special permission. It should be wr ~i :i| (nr oi>inions ar" not those of Jne %:v-s itfiiess stated to be so.]