CAUCASUS PERIL

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 284, 29 August 1942, Page 7

CAUCASUS PERIL

Defence Still Badly Outnumbered (Received August 28. 8.30 p.mj .LONDON, August 27. The Germans’ chief effort in the Caucasus is now seemingly directed toward the Caspian Sea, and they are now probably within o 0 miles of Grozny. The Russians, who are greatly outnumbered, continue stoutly to prevent German efforts to cross a river in the vicinity of Mozdok, <0 miles W The° f ßriUsh y ’United Press reports that the Germans are also pushing down the main railway to the Caspian in an effort to reach Gudermes, where the Germans would then control the branch line to Grozny. The Moscow correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph points out that the German progress to Mozdok represents an advance of 33 miles in three days. _ Defensive fighting with enemy tanks and motorized infantry at Mozdok is mentioned in a supplementary Soviet communique. .. A German military spokesman said that the Russians for the past two days have been attacking on the Leningrad front. Heavy artillery lire preceded the attack. Strong tank forma tions that were hurled- against the German positions on the Neva River find - ly gained a. foothold on the road along the river, but the original defence line has now been re-established.