City Of Kharkov Gravely Menaced

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1943, Page 5

City Of Kharkov Gravely Menaced

VOLSHANSK CAPTURED Zhukov Using 3,500,000 Men As Leap Frog" Troops (New Zealand Press Association.—Copyright.—Rec. 1 .p.m.) LONDON, February 10. The Russian Army has captured the town and railway station at Volshansk, 40 miles north-east of Kharkov, also the town and railway station at Chunguyev, 23 miles south-east of Kharkov, states a special Moscow communique. The occupation of these towns clearly indicates that Kharkov is now gravely menaced. An earlier Moscow report stated that the Russians were pouring through the gap at Byelgorod, the capture of which was announced yesterday, towards Kharkov. The Daily Express Moscow correspondent says that besides the million men with which he is attacking on the southern front Marshal Zhukov holds 3,500,000 men as "leapfrog" replacements. Rome radio quotes a German report stating that the Russians have succeeded in landing troops near Novorossisk and establishing a bridgehead. Berlin Radio Says Southern Front is in Grave Danger Berlin radio to-night announced: "The whole German front in the south is in grave danger as the result of the great Soviet wedge of tanks and motorised units. Our main forces are retreating under appalling conditions. t The wedge must be blunted to retrieve the situation."