Dogged Defence Of Stalingrad
(British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright (Received 10 a.m.) EUGBY, August 21. The critical point on the Eussian front is recognised in London as still in front of Stalingrad, where .very lieavy German pressure lasting four weeks has forced the defenders back in several places. During the last few days the Germans have been in a position to attempt crossings of the Don on a fairly wide front west of Stalingrad, and in very severe fighting have been wiped out. However, the latest despatches report that the attempts are continuing and that the Eussians are counter-attacking to prevent consolidation of the bridgeheads. ‘ Izvestia ’ says the Germans were hurled back to the river and reduced’to dust by tank traps and pinned to the ground by the bayonets, while the waters of the Don became the colour of blood. The Eussians are still fighting inside the Don Bend northwest of Stalingrad, and are at present holding their own north-east of Kotelnikovo. The Germans continue to throw in reinforcements on a narrow front,, but the progress they have made has been slight in the past few days compared with the enormous losses suffered. In the Caucasus the German advance goes on south of the Kuban towards the mountain range screening Novorossisk and Tuapse. The Cossacks are fighting dogged rearguard actions in the northern foothills. In the south-east there also seems to have been a further advance against stiff resistance. A local Eussian success is reported from the Leningrad sector. A Moscow communique states; Russian troops continue to give battle to the German forces on the Stalingrad fronts and in the region of Krasnodar. Neither on these nor other fronts are there any material changes to report. In the Don Elbow the Germans are throwing in everything in their attempts to cross the river and advance on Stalingrad. Those German troops which crossed the river yesterday were not able to form a bridgehead, although it is not clear what happened to this force. The Eussians are still ‘‘ mopping up,” In the Baltic Sea Russian naval units have sunk enemy patrol ships and one mine-sweeper, and hit a transport.
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Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 5
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358Dogged Defence Of Stalingrad Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 5
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