CONTINUING VIGOROUSLY

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15211, 28 November 1942, Page 3

CONTINUING VIGOROUSLY

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE AERODROMES CAPTURED DRIVE TOWARDS ROSTOV United Pijbss Assn.—By Elec life Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 27. * The Russian offensive is vigorously going on and the Germans are still hurriedly 1 ringing up reserves in the hope of stemming it, says Pravda, whose correspondent declares * that the whole road to the front west of Stalingrad is jammed with prisoners. “We have to wait while seemingly endless columns of prisoners pass. The dejected human procession miserably drags along six abreast, talking in hushed voices/’ Pravda adds that a considerable blow lias been dealt against the Luftwaffe. The Russians captured • many aerodromes with many German planes in perfect order. The German military spokesman admits that fighting of extraordinary intensity continues between the Don and the Volga. “The front lines have become interlocked to such an extent that neither side is at present able to obtain a clear survey of the exact position.' 5 “It is likely,' 5 says the New Zealand Press Association's special correspondent, “that the Russians will now drive towards Rostov. If they reach this key city they will close the gateway to the Caucasus. As a result Hitler will inevitably have to clear out of the Caucasus and abandon Grozny and Tuapse, also his threat t 0 Tiflis. “Between Voronej and Grozny there is now a bulge of 7(ft) miles in tlie German front, and there are serious con sequences for if if the Russians are successful in their Rostov drive. “It is thought that the Russians may strike hard against the Germans between Lake Ilmen and Leningrad, which, in addition t (> the Rosto ' drive, means that the Russians will pin down 240 German divisions, preventing them resting and refittng during the winter and also makes it impossible*. for them to carry out substantial withdrawals to meet a Western Front attack. Therefore there are now prospects of the realisation of the Germans' bogey of fighting on several fronts at one time/ 5