FAILED COMPLETELY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 123, 20 November 1941, Page 9

FAILED COMPLETELY

ATTACK ON ROSTOV

GERIVf^N PLANS UPSET

(Rec. 12-30 it«nr.)i -.LO3sp3oN£ SJovemtier 185

The Tasa v news, agency resort* that Germaj p attemfitfe to- capture Rostov by ; a surprise flank; a£»

tack ended in* oomßletft failures

General yon ' Kleistr trie* te> day* through Nov«hipHerka!ssii, atttarwfcieto he intended to V^^^Si soutirwaacd» Vx— wards Rostov/i. xmder Command ferKharit»nbvi,GeneraE yon Kleist flung 'iWo" tanfe divisibri^,©!!^ mechanised divi& ton; and' oner 32Sfi division. The Germ fn tanks* which coitenumbered the Ru fsMoi foroft bjSr si»_tO' one, pierced &c fi.jpstandisecond!Saviafc" defence lines, but S Sfassiaritirifanttg^conycealed in deep di igpoutss neltti their ground. From all \ksides* Soviets actil-' lery poured in a "w iitoeiani£flte/.wnaftfc enemy tanks fell i© Wcaniouffagpdipit* and mineg blew a ffc tfteiirrcaieipilliar treads. The first d }&k flgfttinsr unset: General yon Kleist'E* pi^ris? wHicHs depended on a quick 1j featertJiroup^jnHß?German force wheele p?in aU^dlrwcttraw; in efforts to find a * -peafe: spwft ihv tinm Soviet ring, but w Bre 1 puslied Badfe everywhere. Soviet p fisaies carried; «u# hundreds of low-flying attacfe" ore th» German tanks, mecfe firised? coiumnsi and artillery. More th. |iiclia!rtiie'Gfer«^ man tanks had been pi f# out off aotioai when the offensive cam^l-'ttraEgUuiditUlE The enemy also lost tha «sarid& pC jiieu.^ Moscow radio says -tt lat' in spite- or the Germans' powerful fortifications the Russians are stubbou; sdesaxdns on the Leningrad front, VwiHi. strong; support from heavy artH t^Bßy/ aod3 ttie air force. One Russian d« |teoiinren#Hw occupied important new l-jpositions? ixr the past 24 hours. " Reviewing the war p4.lotion■ ■at a Press conference at Kuib. .todiev,, tfc*. Soviet spokesman, M. Lozo.v stated; "The Germans have not t? fan Ketcin, though battles are going •r*?*aaa» tb» town. The Italian and Gen ifaas tco:o©»r have made no progress net "The situation on the Mos w< ftsnrfscontinues to improve, and tl fq =i Sovigfe counter-attacks ace developing S KraoK fighting is proceeding in the'itt'gjfatß a£ Tikhvin. V "The German and Finnislt\.. troops have made no recent prog-JBes2^ *n the direction of Murmansk." "■' •- /