CAUCASIAN TRAP
Rapid Closing Of The
Rostov Gate
LONDON, January 19.
“As the Rostov gate is closing rapidly, the German Caucasian army of 25 divisions will have to act quickly if it is to escape the fate of the Stalingrad army,” says the “Daily Mall” military correspondent. . “Little remains of the German gains of last summer, and Hitler’s great German army is in peril for the first time. The Moscow correspondent of “The Timea” emphasizes that while the news from all fronts indicates a general advance and resounding blows against the enemy’s troops and equipment, the entire battle for culminating on its relief, shows the growing co-ordination ot the Russian effort. The Red Army is everywhere proving its superiority over the Wehrinuc.ht in generalship, organization, and fighting ability. , , . Nothing similar has occurred in the Red Army’s history. The only comparison is the height of the German, success against Russia in 1941 or Foch’s offensive in 1918. when the same co-ordination was apparent against an enemy whose reserves Mere being drained. The Russian successes are not being achieved Mithout heavy losses, says the “Daily Telegraph’s” military correspondent.' Great forces are engaged in this campaign, and the grave losses inflicted on the enemy give some measure of our ally’s casualties.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 5
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208CAUCASIAN TRAP Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 5
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