FIERCE BATTLES IN RUSSIA
IMPORTANT CAPTURE BY SOVIET TROOPS 8,000,000 AXIS TROOPS KILBF.D OR DISABLED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 14, noon) LONDON, Dec. 13. The German opposition in Russia is increasing on all fronts, particularly south-west of Stalingrad, against the Russian drive towards Kotelnikovo. The Russians north-west of Stalingrad have captured a further strongly-fortified German line and are steadily narrowing the already perilous enemy positions between the Don and the Volga. The fighting in the past two days has reached its greatest intensity south-west of Stalingrad, where the Germans are stabbing with attack after attack, trying to puncture the southern of the two Russian tenacles encircling 200,000 Axis troops between the Don and the Volga. The latest front-line messages tonight say that battles raged all day on at least four separate sectors south-west of Stalingrad, with the Germans frequently swinging the direction of their counter-attacks in attempts to find a weak spot. The enemy s thrusts have so far been baulked, but after 24 hours’ struggle the savage battle has not slackened. The Russian artillery is playing a main part in halting the Axis rushes. The latest Moscow special communique brings the enemy killed or disabled in Russia to over 8.000,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21910, 14 December 1942, Page 3
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