RUSSIAN INITIATIVE

Grey River Argus, 18 November 1942, Page 1

RUSSIAN INITIATIVE

IN THE CAUCASUS Enemy’s Attacks at Stalingrad Held [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] LONDON, Nov. 16. I The Germans on Sunday maintained in Stal.ngrad 'their renewed attacks. They made no headway. A Soviet. communique says that 'severe attacks were repelled in heavy ’snow with nearly 45 degrees of frost, i One report says that the Germans at Stalingrad are throwing in wave after wave of infantry on a sector 300 yards wide, but it is noticeable i that the troops have little- tank and bomber support. In consequence, the German 'troops are suffering exceptionally heavy losses.

The Caucasus RUSSIAN SUCCESS. LONDON, Nov. 16. Russian forces pushed forward slightly in the central Caucasus, south-east of Nalchik. On the Black Sea' front, near Tuapse, Soviet scouts are harassing enemy transport. On the central iront the enemy was d.slodged from a sector in the Volkhov area, and counter-attacks were repelled. Reuter’s Moscow correspondent said: In a 21-da w battle nc •’ of Tuapse, West Caucasus, Russians killed more than 15,000 Germans and Rumanians and also wiped out numerous enemy columns and garrisons which have infiltrated into the western tip of the Caucasus. Russians continue to maintain a grip on the southern part of Novorossisk, where there are cement factories. Russians at the other end of the Caucasus are forcing back Germans south-east of Nalchik. According to incomplete returns they wiped out 12,000 Germans, and destroyed 367 tanks, 88 planes, and 450 lorries and armoured cars. Moscow radio says that a Soviet Black Sea submarine has returned from several days’ cruise in the course of which it penetrated an enemy minefield and sank three transports, and on the return trip sank ai fourth transport.