MOST POINTS HELD
RUSSIAN DEFENCE SUCCESS AT VORONEJ (2.10 p.m.) ~LONDON, Aug 14 Moscow reports that the situation at Kletskaya is more tense, but deadly Russian artillery and mortar fire has diminished the threat to Stalingrad lr.om Kotelnikovo. The Germans have broken througn the Russian defences at Mineralnye Vody. A fierce battle continues. The Russians retain the initiative on both flanks of the Voronej from and have captured three strategic points south of Voronej, where they reached the railway, intercepting German communications. Fighting continues without respite. The are offering stiff resistance, but then losses are mounting. The Paris radio asserted that part of Stalingrad was ablaze after an intense air attack. . . , A German communique claims further good progress in the Caucasus and says that strong Russian attacks east of Viazma and near Rjev failed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 5
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