SLOW PROGRESS IN SLOGGING WARFARE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 236, 6 October 1942, Page 3

SLOW PROGRESS IN SLOGGING WARFARE

Rt.UJTLESS BATTLE

Luftwaffe's Heavy u, sses O\or Stalingrad

' ~ V n,,|ilU "n-("npy, lghf u % ■ 1 1,1 . ''ONDOW Oct. 5. or;„ ,j . ,;, han £r s havc i 1 . >i ' ,a ' in grad tront in n-. n. <Ir - ,vc from the .i 'l -a-.'-t. ,-,'r th ' r'T" ',1- ' drive .ii , - v ofT.~.ottinjsr even fr ,'i r'i" 1 !? 111 1110 in «i"s. «•( , fI «: hr °"- v ' s north-Tnorth-u.-st an.t .south-west rc"iur"' h.ivo already exercised & *fr«»riV Iml T'\ by ' b ™*»2lS ■ " 111 •' l l<l thus forcing the dis''t; 1 n i l ' (;, ' rnin n edort . ■ . iter i Hid drive is likely to make ' pertacu l,ii progress The tVhtinr PV r.rl ,r '' "*tW down into le.-nt'rs" I'o ii ion,il warfare where . sirl ''' ls ;i, ' k ' «-'in ground pi df hr;i vv co.st. c 1 ' lflio -, quoting Berlin, Mid Mir (icrman advance has been Mr.-.'cu up I""-'.i use the Ccrninn High j\.rnm md w > hos to avoid "useless "Blrrd Kimiiiv lo l>r;ith" It is interesting lo recall the hrfirjd aims publicised bv the Rus*miv- and the Germans a year ago. lln (joi mans claimed they aimed at the predy annihilation of the Rus?l?n. hv a super blitzkrieg. "Ihus.-iaiis grimly announced that th.-y proposed to bleed the Germans to death. The events of the past two months suggest that Moscow. rat.nrr than Berlin, is able to r.laim that "operations are proceeding according to plan."

The German reinforcements recently thrown against Stalingrad are known to include two infantry and one tank division, making the total a■;faulting the city 35 divisions.

The Russians have been meeting the Luftwaffe offensive against Stalingrad in the past three days and have destroyed 02 German planer,, of which 11 have been shot flown by anti-aircraft, batteries.

The Russians have advanced seven miles in the R.jev area, north-west of Moscow, and have captured an important height, after an all-dcky battle, in which they routed picked German troops under General von Hoffman The Russians captufed a large amount o r booty.

The German High Command announced that. General Baron Erlenramp. commanding the panzer corps. also the Hungarian general, Nagy, commanding the Hungarian division, were killed together on the Don front in fighting on Saturday.