IN THE CAUCASUS
RUSSIANS FIGHTING BACK STRONGLY SNOW FALLING IN HIGHER PASSES. LIKELY TO FORCE ENEMY . WITHDRAWAL. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) RUGBY, October 11. The Germans are pressing the Russians hard in the Mozdok area and also south-east of Navorossisk, but in both sectors the Russians are fighting back strongly. They describe the Mozdok operations ’as defensive. In two days’ fighting south-east of Novorossisk one Red Army unit repelled twelve enemy attacks and annihilated two enemy battalions. Regarding the Caucasus fighting in general the opinion in London is that it is now probably too late for the Germans to get across the Caucasus range by the two available roads before the winter sets in. Military experts point cut that the snowfall which has already occurred in the higher passes must necessitate the withdrawal of units which have climbed to the higher levels. If the Germans are to reach Baku and Batum they will have .to. make their way along the coasts.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1942, Page 3
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165IN THE CAUCASUS Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1942, Page 3
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