Rostov Threatened By Huns' Advance

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 171, 22 July 1942, Page 5

Rostov Threatened By Huns' Advance

ENEMY ATTACKING

Russians Driving Invaders Back On Voronezh Front

(U.P.A. and British Official Wireless.-R GC . i p . m .) LONDON, July 7] in .hi T . ep r that Germ * n f ° rces rolling up part of the Soviet left flank The 'JTa* Sec * or . * fter back here and on other sector, f Army ,» falling Voroshilovgrad German and» °f ;" R rr , r inue ,o d.?"„ a c« k « tte r wrenched f,„ m th e German fo'ce', 0 °!hc t t ?,Z lIT^ ¥ W " e brok " *"»• The Russians crossed .he hi 1 " 1 " "TT R ° 9l ° V ' a " d ofTe''cu^ u ,5 r HF [*" /? * dd f that *he German, have massed thousands of tanks and fresh infantry for the drive against Rostov and Stalingrad, where the terrain is suitable for tank operations " Ehrenburg said that from Murmansk to Voronezh the Germans were on the defensive. The Voronezh situation was impr^ng Germans Claim Rostov in Flames M 9 e * man communique claims that Rostov is in flames and iL "l j are L atta ? i lf tHe City from three sides. The £«"£•*» ? J?- G f rm * n t a are 50 milc » westward of otahngrad, the big tank and industrial centre on the Volga. There is no confirmation of the claims.

Russian and neutral reports suggest that the pace of the German drives on Rostov from the north and north-west hat definitely slackened. Correspondents state that the entire German drive towards the Caucasus has been thrown out of gear by the enemy s failure to capture Voronezh. The Russifn counteroffensive near Voronezh continues to make headway. Red Star, the Soviet military journal, says the Russian Air aerodrcwnes V> «nd K k th " D °" a ' r battles and is battering aerodromes and bombing transport planes on the ground destroying ,n one raid 28 Junkers troop carriers. Russian planes in a mass raid on a railway junction near Bryansk destroyed seven engines and 500 cars and caused 1000 casualties.