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WAVES OF ATTACK

IN BATTLES FOR DON CROSSINGS ENEMY DRAWING FREELY ON RESERVES. RUSSIANS MAKING PROGRESS AT VORONEZH. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, July 28. Following upon the capture of Rostov, which was announced from Moscow last night, the Germans are attempting to cross the river in force and drive down into the north-eastern Caucasus. Simultaneously they are attacking along the 300-mile front between Rostov and the Don bend. The latest Soviet communique refers only to continued fighting last night in the Zymlyanskaya sector, which is at the centre of this river front, and which appears to be at the moment the most vital sector. To the east the Germans are making an all-out effort to capture Stalingrad, and Berlin claims the capture of Kalach, which is on the Don, only 35 miles west of Stalingrad. The Russians are still making progress in the Voronezh area, in what a correspondent describes as a “hard, ding-dong battle with high casualties and small results.” The “Daily Telegraph's” Moscow correspondent says that the German Command every day is throwing in more reserves at all essential points, aiming at widening and deepening the wedges which are being driven toward Stalingrad and Baku, the great oil centre. “Never before has the enemy better shown his superlative quality in his swift mass concentration, and also in wealth of efficient motor transport. But we must not belittle Marshal Timoshenko’s strategy. He cannot yet risk engaging forces as heavy as von Bock’s.” The “Pravda’s” front-line reporter at Rostov yesterday said: “Enemy planes, tanks, artillery and everything were again thrown in today, and in a ferocious battle, our artillery fired on the tanks over open sights, knocking out scores. We threw back three attacks in one area, but the enemy brought up more tanks and fresh infantry and broke deeply into our defences." The “Daily Telegraph’s” Stockholm correspondent reports that a tremendous panzer battle is raging round Kalach, on the Don bend, and due west of Stalingrad. Russian tanks and also infantry, in powerful field fortifications are offering desperate resistance to Rumanian and German armoured forces, which are attacking in wave after wave in superior numbers and with seemingly inexhaustible reserves. GAINS AND LOSSES. Marshal Timoshenko is launching counter-attack after counter-attack against Field-Marshal von Bock s menacing bridgeheads in the Zymlyanskaya area, and the Germans have been thrown back into the Don at several points, and at others cut off, but elsewhere the Russians admit that they

have been forced to give ground. Moscow yesterday described the situation as very grave. The “Daily Mail’s” Stockholm/ correspondent yesterday said that two German armoured columns which forced the Don at Zymlyanskaya, joined up, but the Russians isolated them from the river and were launching attacks from all sides in an attempt to wipe them out. Another dispatch said that the enemy’s pressure was growing every hour, but each fresh attempt to force a crossing had been savagely smashed by the Red Air Force, which was now in considerable strength in the Zymlyanskaya area. Modern Stormoviks were blasting the German concentrations; these are dive-bombers fitted with big cannon and strongly armoured forward so that they can come right down and rake tanks, batteries, transports and troops. The Germans temporarily made a new crossing, but they were thrown into confusion by a Stormovik blitz and then were pushed into the river by bayonets, grenades, and tommy-guns.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1942, Page 3

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WAVES OF ATTACK Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1942, Page 3

WAVES OF ATTACK Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1942, Page 3

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