BATAISK BATTLE
SUPERIORITY OF RED* :- ARMY TANKS -
(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.) (Rec. 12.50 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Front-line dispatches graphically describe the struggle for Bataisk, where savage tank battles were partly fought out at night time in eight blazing viltages which had been German strongThe Germans had transformed Ba-. taisk into a strong fortress, heavily garrisoned and defended by many mortars and guns of all calibres. In an effort to stave off thrusts, the Germans unavailingly and repeatedly counter-attacked against the , Russian flanks. The Red Army continued to bring up powerful reinforcements. Lorry-drivers for several days and nights did not leave their machines. The troops displayed supreme physical endurance and staunchness, digging trenches in frozen ground and man-handling guns up steep lee-cover-Bdlntb ge final thrust giant Russian, tanks formed a spearhead and rammed the German defences, smashing the resistance. Russian medium tanks tore through the gaps, encountering panzers rushing up to counter-attack. Many of the panzers were destroyed,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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BATAISK BATTLE
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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