NAZIS ROUTED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24136, 1 December 1941, Page 7

NAZIS ROUTED

;STORMING OF ROSTOV HEAVY STREET FIGHTING | SKIIMAS TROOPS FI.KKIXC \ ®««L Dec. 1,12.50 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 30 The battle for Rostov lasted three ; days, says the Soviet newspaper i Pravda. The Germans had con- : structed powerful strong-points to ■ the north, providing for a criss-cross fire. Tanks and artillery were coni cntrated at the more important ; points, Russian artillery, cavalry and airmen or creame the enemy's desperate resist- | Comrade Goncharoff's unit by- | passed a fortified village and annihilated I % enemy by attacking from an unexj P?cted direction. A cavalry unit, after J ~§fi?' D g through the enemy forces, | Relied the town. | .Russian blows from the north enj Hemizoff'a unit to attack the 1 ese % from the south. Thin ice pre- | t ' le Soviet troops from crossing I rivers with their tanks and ammuni- | "TO. It was necessary to cross by ferry i drive across the open plain, but | , Bc avalry overcame these obstacles and | Pierced the southern suburbs. j eav y street engagements ensued. Tt. 1 J&. n€(essar J to take every house and 1 by storm. The street fighting 1 W ° ays ' when Rostov again I a Soviet town. The inhabitants I receiving troops with the • P®atest enthusiasm. 1 Jp l ® Russian infantry and cavalry y. "T pursued the enemy, who are re:J res^n g in disorder. Thousands of ; lie on the road by which the J] Army is advancing. The Germans i| #bandoning their weapons and ammunition. I> a vda mentions Nazi tanks, artil--1 and lorries Hoeing along the roads Ip ftcross the fields in the direction fj It also refers to the 1 sending a reinforcing tank colMariupol, I -Leningrad front 1 p 3O P m ' ) LONDON, Nov. 30 I 'jinoii ? nnan communique says: "We I feet strong enemy attempts to ItrtMi at Leningrad. German 9 a infantry frustrated a. 1 k.u an Bttempt to establish a bridge■Th a m ros=; * ; ' lC Neva." 1 'sh i»| ass new . s agency says the SpanS frnni i division on the Leningrad Hilte l as suffered at least 3200 casuSflirP a dds: 'This explains why the B fivil lon as n °t been in action on this a- recently."