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Evening Star, Issue 24286, 29 August 1942, Page 8

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TERRIFIC SLOGGING MATCHES. LONDON, August 2?.—The Gorman offensive against Stalingrad and the Russian offensive on the central front have settled down into terrific slogging matches in wliMi both sides an paying a bitter pries in men and machines. The Germans now describe Stalingrad as a fortress whose outer defences are proving stronger and deeper than foreseen. The Germans a-re generally held, but drove in a further salient, south-west of Stalingrad. The Russian defences, however, are unshattcred. The Russians are finding the going equally tough on the central sector. They are exerting pressure along a 100-mile front between Rjev and Kaluga. It is not yet clear whether the Russians are aiming at limited objectives, or hope to build up a major offensive. ‘ The Times’ ’ Moscow coj-respond-ent says the first attempt to storm Stalingrad has clearly failed. The German vaAguard in some sectors is in considerable difficulties, locked within the deep Russian defences. This does not mean any general improvement, but does indicate the extraordinary toughness of the resistance. The second attempt under way lacks the surprise clement, and so is likely to be much more costly than the first. 1 The Times’s ’ .Stockholm correspondent says the Axis retains the general initiative on the Stalingrad front, but progress everywhere has been checked. The Russians are furiously counterattacking with some positive success. They recovered some ground west of Stalingrad, and also in Kotelnikovo area, where the position is more favourable than earlier in the week. The Russians retain the initiative in the Kletskaya area. NO. 1 GUERRILLA GIRL. WASHINGTON, August 28. Russia’s No. 1 guerrilla girl, Luidmila Pavlichenko, 2G, who is officially credited with killing 309 Nazi soldiers, arrived from Moscow in a bomber to attend the International Student Assembly. She was accompanied by two male delegates of the Russian students’ delegation, one of whom has won the title, “ Soviet Union’s hero,” by killing 152 Nazis with 15-1 bullets. Liudmila- Pavlichenko will spend a night at "White House ns the guest of President and Mrs Roosevelt, thus being the first Soviet citizen to sleep at White House. AUCKLAND TROTS. ’ -}ugust Handicap.—3-3 Double Peter T, 2-2 Hillcrcst 2, 4-1 Isabella Pointer 3. Scratched: Neutrality. RUGBY. O.M.R. S, Zingari 0. METROPOLITAN TROTS. Stewards’ Handicap, £SOO. 2m. —l-1 Royal "Worthy 1, 3-3 Margin 2, 8-8 Timworthy 3. All started.