New Pitch Of Fury Before Stalingrad

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 203, 28 August 1942, Page 3

New Pitch Of Fury Before Stalingrad

TANKS AND PLANES

Russians Drive Forward In West Of Moscow Push

(U.P.A. and British Official Wireless.-Roc. 1 p.m.)

-ri LONDON, August 27. central fron the f Zhuk °f s offensive on the against Stalingrad and in the Caucasus'" FroitT G j rman effort s the tank battles have reached f[ r dispatches say north-west of Stalingrad Unbehevable ferocity, particularly jjffWflWtPSg Pre -rr ;: n ;' not 4 ; Caucasus, where the German , „T operat.ons in the R. i , man reinforcements seem endless TK,» rXTrll V' e ambushi "8 Germans with gun, rife T® men and material and repelling constant attacks, but the position remains serious. nilfi.lj" 5 "" "s raging along the railway to Grozni' the roadi and lhe ; ce '° ™'»- be )'° nd 'he Caucasus These now r„~r nOUB ' bUt am SUi,able for ,he '*><= °< operations and MnwLsf ohST" f ° rC " J h f Ve made a new advance west viUages. Germans"are fioht/rfT g T "t 'H!'" 8 a ,ow " "<» The Cerman losses fre hla'vy. * a " d mine ,hrow e«-

Grinding German Manpower tanlco 'T Sa^B General Zhukoff s offensive continues with

•ince the start of the offensive ,n this area a fortnight ago. Berlin states that at Kaluga, south-west of Moscow a heaw Russian attack wa. made. I, also admit. th« oeLe„i„ "d i,ont Ru.,„„ troop, have broken through a. one point g T -jjj et - r F °f ce made an a"ack on Berlin last nmht It 'i; , 8 and 0i; - e ' '<■""» ' n East Pru3s?a. 6 ihe Germans on the north-west sector of the Stalingrad One cor« e o n °rl 9 ? rCad in an almost continuous half-circle S e r t 24 K !f ys u hat no new advance has been made in we past 24 hours, but the situation remains complicated. The Germans are bringing up reinforcements to the battle. The &m£ne^nd aC m "u tHc BVV ® rm of German planes which is bom ing and machine-gunning Russian supply columns.