GERMAN THREAT TO STALINGRAD FROM NORTH-WEST
Enemy Reaches West Bank of Don at Some Points INVADERS FORCED BACK FURTHER SOUTH RUSSIANS OFFERING STOUT RESISTANCE IN CAUCASUS LONDON, August 19. The German threat to Stalingrad from the north-west has increased seriously during' the past 24 hours. Eussian forces in the Don bend have been driven back to their last defence line by heavy reinforcements of enemy tanks, troops and planes. At some points German tanks and artillery have already reached the western bank of the Don. The enemy threat from the south-west has opened up again. The Germans made some progress, but were forced back to their original positions. There is still no news of the enemy’s thrust towards Astrakhan and the Caspian Sea. Fighting is reported about 200 miles from Astrakhan and 150 miles from the Caspian Sea at its nearest point. The Russians have made a withdrawal in the Mineralnye Vody area. In the Western Caucasus the enemy, who is south of the Kuban River, is threatening the Black Sea ports but the Russians are putting up a stout defence. There are no reports of an enemy advance in this district for the past 12 hours.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1942, Page 3
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197GERMAN THREAT TO STALINGRAD FROM NORTH-WEST Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1942, Page 3
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