The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-18

 before falling back from such areas as the Krivoi Rog iron ore center and the NIkolaev naval base.
 The greater part of the mine shafts in the Krivoi Rog area, how ever. were not damaged before the Germans arrived because the Rus sians did not have time, it was stated.
 Today,s cfacial communique said that pursuit of the Russians con- tinued with the Luftwaffe hammer ing constantly at the enemy.
 Operations on the remainder of the front brought Important" slic- cesses, the communique said.
 It was added that German planes last night successfully" raided ob- jectives at Moscow and bombed sev- eral important railroad lines,
 Destroy S7 Tanks
 An official news agency dispatch said a German battalion q 900 men) occupied several fortified Russian field positions in the Krivoi Rog sector of the Ukrainian front Friday and Saturday and destroyed 87 Rus sian tanks in repulsing Russian couter-attackS. The battalion cap tured 52 field gugns, the dispatch said.
 NaZi informapts here said the Russians were retreating on 8 broad front without offering resistance af- ter the loss of Nikolaev and Krivoi Rog and the German air force was active night and day attempting to disorganize the withdrawal across the Dnieper and prevent the evacu- ation by sea of great numbers who had been cut off.
 In regard to the Ukraine, pursuit continued of the beaten enemy who is retreating to 8 partial extent in panicky manner toward the lower Dnieper.
 "Also on the remaining parts oi the eastern front, operations brought important successes. Night raids of the Luftwaffe were directed with good effect against military ob- jectives in Moscow as well as al various important railroad lines"
 The official news agency said that 8 German bomber formation Sun. day attacked a Russian air field and Saporoscho, 40 miles south oi Dnepropetovsk, and within a few seconds destroyed 25 Martin bomb. CTS on the ground as well as 6 large hangar. The Germans sui. fered no losses.
 Another dispatch from the cen. tral (Moscow) sector of the front said that the Russians Sunday hao failed at several points in efforts to break through new German en. circlementS and thus halt the Ger man advance.
 There was hard fighting, the dis patch said, and in many places the Russians were overcome only. after desperate hand-to-hand fighting which resulted in highest casualties on the enemy.
 New Nazi BattIeShip
 Berlin, Aug. Germany revealed today that she has a new battleship with 15-inch guns in &C., tice service.
 Photographs of it firing salvos were published in the newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter but the cap- tion did not give it's name or its spe- cifications.
 "New German battleship speaks impressive language with its 38- centimer (15 inch) gugns," the cap- tion said. Informed quarters refused to amplify this other than to say that since the guns were shown fir ing then ship obviously was in ac- tive service.
 The last German naval handbook listed, in addition to the recently completed battleships Bismarck and TirpitZ, one scheduled" battleship which reportedly was to be of about 40,000 tons. It was believed the Keel was laid in April, 1889. There were rumorS that a sister ship was laid down at about the same time. The Bismarck was sunk by Brit ish naval planes and ships in the Atlantic this summer after 1t had sent the British battle cruiser Hood to the bottom.
 It was recalled that Germany re- named the pocket battleship Deut- schland the Luetzow almost 8 year and a half ago so that the name Deutschland could be given a larg- CT ship.