The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12

scribed heavy fighting in that sector.
 German forces appeared to be at- tempting to close big pincers on Leningrad, second Soviet city, in the north, and Kiev, capital of the rich, agricultural Ukraine.
 A battle in depth on 8 gigantic scale was reported in progress in the Ukraine, where fighting was on terrain suited to mechanized war fare.
 A two-pronged German drive in the south appeared to be designed to invest Kiev and isolate the great Black Sea Port of Odessa. One arm of the Nazi pincers was at Korosten, 30 miles north-northwest of Kiev, and the other at Uman, midway be- tween Kiev and Oressa.
 50 Nazi Tanks Gone
 A coordinated Russian tank, ar- tillery and air attack in the Ukraine fighting was reported to have re- suited in destruction of more than 50 German tanks, two anti-aircraft batteries and other equipment.
 The Leningrad front, after com- parative lull, flared into action with heavy fighting reported raging to the north of the City of Kaki- salmi, 30 miles distant and tc the south of Soltsi, 120 miles away There was no official indication however, that either arm of the German pincers aimed at Leningrad was making any progress.
 The 28-day battle of Smolensk meanwhile was said to be raging with unabated fury.
 The communique, however, indi- cated no important shift in the battle lines on any front in the last 24 hours.
 The third offensive started on the northern front after a compara- tive lull of more than a week.
 Red Army forces were reported fighting heavily against German Panzers, slicing into Russian terri tory from Finland, at Kakisolmi, or the western shores of Lake Ladoga 8C miles north \of Leningrad, and al Soltsi, 130 miles south of the former Russian capital on the Vitebsk- to- Leningrad railway.
 Panzer, Infantry Hit
 The communique reported that Russian planes, lending strong sup port to the Red Army, struck heavy blows at German Panzer. and in. fantry units and at Nazi plane. aground.
 There was nc indication, after the first terrific impact of the new of fensive, that they were making more progress than they had in their first two, when at the cost of enormous casualties they attacked for twt weeks without pause and were stop. ped by the Russian defense ir depth.
 The centers of the new attacks they days first communique said were the Soltsi and Smelensl stretches of the Moscow-Le Leningrae front and the Belaya Tserkoy anc Uman sectors of the Ukranian front In the northern phase of the at. tack especially, the Russians wert holding firm, dispatches indicated The Russian air force intensified it's operations in aid of the ground forces and was reported to be at lacking German tank, motorized, in fantry and artillery forces day anc night and also bombing bridge! and other lines of communication in the German rear. In operations yesterday, the war communique saiC Russian planes also destroyed { big bridge across the Danube al Cernavoda and bombed ships 1T Constanza harbor, Rumania. In the Ukraine the Germans wert driving in almost parallel lines al several main points, sometimes cen. tering their driving power in one sector, sometimes attacking at onct in two or three, designing to givt the Red Army no rest. So far the fighting had proceeded mainly in agricultural country, anc the Germans were still more thar 100 miles from the important in. dustrial regions along the south. western bank of the Dnieper River it was indicated.
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