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NAZIS HELD AT
STALINGRAD
Fierce Assaults
Beaten Back
A.A.P. And Our Representative
LONDON, August 30.
Although the fierce battle for Stalingrad it raging as
savagely as ever, today's Moscow communique re- <*>
ports that the German assaults are being held.
Persistent and vigorous attacks are being wounted
by the Germans, who have thrown anrtlm tank
and an infantry division into the sti aggie.
North-west of the city, where the Germans broke
through the Russian defences, the enemy has been
stopped by stnnnorn fighting.
A Berlin *?n?ilwntil*|n^ that
niotorised infantry with strong air
support brake through strongly
fuiufied positions In the Stalingrad
area^and penetrated deeply into
the Russian Gtfttwt system. Ac
cording to the German radio, big
attack in the Kahlga area, south
west or Moscow. The Germans ad
mit a BiKntap break-through but
claim (bat they Imc restored the
position.
Dealing with ttafe theatre, the
'?South-west at Kaluga we threw
back strong ?i?my infantry and
tank attacks. On Friday. CaOowme
air raids, our troops near BJev
threw baack strong enemy forces
(which attempted to penetrate oar
i front, the month's fighting
for Rjev. the Hiwwns have not sbc
jceeded in iM—itiirg through, despite
I the fact that men and materials
jfrom between four and five armies
'have been used. AD the enemy
claims to have Blade a successful
break-through this area are Catae.
The Russian attacks are progres
sively Jaehtfc vigor. On ttie BJev
front between July 30 and ftnput
29 we destroyed 1-572 tans and 547
aircraft. In further unsuccessful
attacks south of Lake Tjrfngf the
Russians have lost 21 tanks."
The Moscow communique states:
—There were no material changes
on the entire front yesterday. Rus
,stans north-west of ?T f-wT~il
fought tanks and infantry. One
limit repulsed several attack*, ana
cooater-attaeked, ucuuiUm tws
?pop?lated ptoxe? and ?£&> oat
!tfae majority of the Ocnaanc Ttae
intnalnrtero; the enemy fled Itaiilua
W guns, several ?-Hiliii tinii and
wrrtes. and two radio stananc. The
Germans in another sector north
west Of BtmVmfrm* 1.-~t^4 me^.
r?l tank attacks, wtacta im re
{potoed by car Infantry and artfl
?ery. Po?Tteen ta&n were dis
la?faord^Pgrt.
.the area around KJeofajra. Artfl
lery north-east of giKrHittiwu dto
abted and burnt oat nine Oersaaa
tanks, and nmn/rUU rooted ?;
?Bsmanian tnlantrv ooamam.
;! ?goath ot Kiasuodai tecnaay.
; under cover of atnnK aii*Jerj Bnc,
; erapled sewmJ hgto * The ]
; ter-attaek. and threw the fli isssm
bade to theh* wiiataal iit?Hfinsi rtr '
stroyint; a ISO-am, battery, and
killing about a battalion of infan-
trymen. Bassten ah ami hen de
' strayed several tanks and ?0 lor
ries. and shot down as: planes.
' wfttMmt loas to ll? inilii 11 ~
! Hoscow radio daans that tot
; i siftii tw fan try haTft crossed ttae!
isonth bank of the Vosja at BJev.
land nave consolidated their pod
jtknsde^stnurnMsntxand
'severe araOerr ana mortar Bre. i
Fresh Troops Save City
Russian reinforcements from tbe
vest steppes of the east and from
the Volga, which were rushed to
the rjatUeiront on Thursday ap
pear, at least momentarily, to nave
turned the tide of the German ad
vance on Stalingrad. Von Bockls
troops in tbe past 2* boons have
made no advance In either the
Kjetskaya or the abtewttsvo sec
tors, despite furious attacks with
masses of heavy tanks, heavy guns
and planes.
Tbe Germans tor tbe first time
In the war are using cavalry, which
they hurl against the Russian pill
boxes and dogouts regardless of the
murderous gunfire which in a few
mtoutes turns Hitler's ' parsed
mounted troops into bloody, torn
Reinforcements which reached
Marshal Tiinoshenko on Thursday
arrived Just In time to stem the
dangerous enemy thrust In the
direction of the StalingTad-Moscow
road and railway.
In the Eletskaya sector Tuno
shenko has not only halted the
German advance, but has sur
rounded strong Panzer units and
several infantry regiments which
are reported to have been wiped out
almost completely.
The Germans made repeated and
desperate efforts to rescue the rem
nants of these trapped troops, using
several hundred tanks in futile
attempts to break through. They
are now trying to send up airborne
reinforcements.
"Pravda" declares that the Ger
mans are fighting tooth and nail
for every position In the Rjev area.
A fierce battle is raging west of
Substov, where tbe Russians occu
pied several new places. Russians
in the northern and north-eastern
outskirts of Rjev have dislodged
the Germans from more pillboxes
and are battling on for every bouse.
Fighting is going on to tbe western
approaches in open country, where
the Germans have dug them serves
in.
The newspaper "Irvestia" re
i veals that Russian marines and air
men ha** dealt a seven Moor
against a kn expedttfonary fane
whs* the Gerassnc for the past
two iwmthi ted beta massfeag on
l*ke fjrtngs The Bimfti nave
tbnc forestalled a new ilhiil to
break the defeat** of I^nsagrao.
rPliijhiitWkwlfc taonavcxs cu>sfat Use
tate vends sltod wftttt troop*, tM?tjpi
and —tattoos, and agn? in trace-;
tfit?la? bad sent 9 ?fu tatty
smd ttitsrt. Xlk Rbjhlbb ??riD?i
aHarfrifi ftcreriy and wiped out
uiurJi of Cbe dlvttfotL
An lUUan i.i.?mi*[u? imafc
that Italau motor tscpedo boats
aieoperaUneonLafcelAdaem- The
rnmnmrtwe ?aj?:—"Ooe at oat
IRB Sotffias on I?ke I^doca at-i
Udoed-a araap of Banks oaTal
anus which acre moving towmnb
IjeninKtad. Tbev tmuedijed and
sank a enaboat of UK tons.*
It is annonncwl In MMco* that
Russian coastal defences on flatar
day smashed a German landtag at
tempt on the Black Sea coast, tint
ing 10 transports br sbeOSre. Not
a angle resacl was able to anchor
near ttae shore. The attempt was
launched from the KerefaPenin
sula.
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