LATE MESSAGES
BATTERING ROSTOV
(Recd. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, July 21. The rearguard battle of the Donetz Basin has ended, and the battle for Rostov has begun, says the “Daily Express’s” Stockholm correspondent. One hundred thousand Russians ot ail arms stand in a stolid phalanx around Rostov, the battle for which opened with ten hours of non-stop bombing by hundreds of Stukas. The carnage is frightfuL Russian guns, and hidden mortars are mowing down the advancing enemy. The lower Don. for days, has been throwing up mangled bodies entangled in battle wreckage, and washed down from the upper reaches. The “Daily Mail’s” Stockholm correspondent says that Von Bock is employing almost the entire weight of his southern Don strength in the drive against Rostov. Vast forces of men, guns, and tanks, heavily supported by the Luftwaffe, are driving on towards the city from the north, the north-east, and the west. “Red Star” admits that columns driving south-east from Voroshilovgrad are breaking through at different points. The Germans are appai ent ly beyond Shakhtui.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 July 1942, Page 4
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