CRITICAL PEAK

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15164, 3 October 1942, Page 3

CRITICAL PEAK

NEARING AT STALINGRAD SLIGHT GERMAN GAINS. ! RUSSIANS ALSO CLAIM SUCCESSES. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 2. The battle for Stalingrad appears to be nearing a new and 1 critical peak, says the Times’ correspondent at Stockholm. Battles in the northwest and south-west precincts continued throughout the night but nothing today indicates that the Germans have gained the advantage or that any ground was exchanged except transiently in the swaying battle. The Russians report slight German gains in the most critical sectors of the city, but claim smci.:.s for the Russian counter-attack j to the south-west of the city. 'l’ll© Russians between the Eon and tli© Volga on the Germans’ leit flank continue to force the enemy gradually southwards, says the Times’ Moscow correspondent. Heavy German attacks against central and north-western Stalingrad enabled the enemy to resume his gradual advance after being held up for sixty hours. The battles t© tli© north-west of Stalingrad rage over a wide area Tli© British United Press’ Moscow corresixmden'c reports that th© Germany aie employing 30.000 picked troops and 250 tanks north west of Stalingrad The Eighth and Ninth crack infantry divisions were brought 1000 miles from the Murmansk front to replace units north-west of Stalingrad. Red Army soldiers and marines southeast of Novoros«isk se- » itl\ mauled the Rumanians, -ays • Moscow message They caused cOOO casualties and recaptured several vil lages.

The Russians ar© holding the Germans everywhere in the Mosdok area. Russian anti-tank guns hidden in ravines repulsed repeated German armoured attacks. The Russians in, the Sinyavino area (Leningrad) are mopping up Gorman tommy-gunne *s who penetrated their positions one point.

A Moscow message declares that th© Germans have taken cruel reprisals at Kiev for guerrilla activities. Three hundred civilians are regularly shot for each German soldier killed. The civilians in each case are taken from a street- wher© a corpse is found.