The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-11

Berlin as the Russians and British synchronized their aerial onslaughts against the Nazis.
 Both Germans and Russians re- ported heavy aerial bombardment of enemy lines and moving columns along the fighting fronts.
 Lack of specific news from the front lines did not indicate any real let-up in the German Russian war, but indicated that the Nazi offen- sive was being pressed hardest in | the Ukraine where the great grain fields are being harvested by Rus sians
 The Soviet communique said that night battles continued in the Uman sector, midway between Odessa and Kiev, and on sectors slightly north of Uman, A lull was reported on the front south of Leningrad but fight ing continued fierce on the central Smolensk seclor, the communique said.
 Italians Defeated Cairo, Aug. II = (UP) = Italian troops attacked British post de- lending the besieged Libyan city of Tobruk on Saturday night, but were killed almost to man." British general headquarters communique said today.
 The attack was made by the Fas- cists against post on the outer perimeter of the Tobruk defenses, which recently had been strength ened by British patrol operations.
 The communique said:
 "The night of August e-10, Italian troops delivered an attack against one of our posts along the outer perimeter of the defenses of Tobruk. The attackers were allowed to ap- proach within 300 yards when they were killed almost to man by the heavy defensive fire of our artillery and machine guns"
 British patrols were said to have successfully" engaged enemy arr mored vehicles yesterday and forced them to withdraw.
 Bombing Campaign
 London, Aug. 11-(UP)-A joint British Russian bombing campaign against Berlin and other big German cities was forecast today in aviation quarters after Russian planes had bombed Berlin for the third time in four nights.
 The first Russian raids were Thursday and Friday nights. Planes of the British bomber command were grounded by bad weather in western Europe.
 Regardless of weather, informants said the present strain on both Brit ish and Russian air forces made 1t impracticable for either to bomb Berlin every night.
 It was added, however, that joint operation plans and lengthening nights would lead soon to cooper ative attacks in which Berlin would be subjected to heavier and increas- ingly frequent attacks and that it might even be possible for British and Russian planes to bomb in shifts on the same night.
 Admits Bombing
 Rome, Aug. 11-(UP)-German- Italian air raids on British positions at Marsa Matruh, Sidi Barrani and Tobruk in North Africa were report ed by high command communique today, and it was said that British planes attacked Bardia on the cen tral Libyan coast.
 A single British plane "attacked' the Italian hospital ship California, anchored in Syracuse harbor, Sicily, the communique said, and hit it with torpedoes but did not sink it. 'Nloyd's register lists 13,O6O ton Italian passenger liner California )
 Destroyer Sunk
 London, Aug. 11-CUP)-The ad- miralty has announced the sinking of the 1,S75-ton destroyer defender without loss of life. The commun- ique did not state when or where the ship was sunk. It was the 49th destroyer lost by the British.