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would nave shortcut route into
the Caucasus.
Although Sevastopol is Russia s
main naval base on the Black Sea,
authoritative London quarters said
its capture would not be disastrous
to the Soviet fleet.
Nazi Hopes Declared Killed.
Pravda, organ of the Communist
party, declared in Moscow that the
advance OF powerful German armies
has not yet been halted: that Mos
COW. the Donets Basin, the Crimea
and RoStov are in great danger, but
said Hitler's hopes for victory before
winter had collapsed.
This squirt created great danger
Tor Moscow, for the Donets Basin.
for the Crimea and Rostov," Pravda
said. The enemy has not yet been
halted. He is still pressing on, de-
spite heroic resistance and coun-
terattacks by the Red Army, which
is strewlng the route of advance of
the Nazi troops with heaps of Ger
man corpses.
Nevertheless, we can say that
Hitler's plan has collapsed, for it is
perfectly clear that no temporary
successes can bring Nazi Germany
her desired victory and peace"
New Thrust at Moscow.
Russians earlier acknowif dyed the
development of a menacing new
thrust by the Germans to the vicini-
ty of Volokolamsk, 70 miles north
west of the Soviet capital. about
midway between Mozhaisk and
kalinin.
Soviet front-line reports, however,
declared the Germans had lost go
per cent of their electives in the
past few days of savage fighting
around Moscow and that it had be-
come apparent the invaders would
not take the city.
A Red Army bulletin said Gen.
Zhukhov's defense forces. under
non-retreat orders, had recaptured
four villages northwest of Moscow.
Bad weather conditions continued
to hamper the movement of troops
and vehicles struggling over mud
DOSgeQ rOaQS ana nelQS.
German military reports conceded
that the Russians were launching
strong counterattacks, especially in
the Kalinin sector, but withheld de-
tails.
Aerial Activity Surges.
Aerial activity surged to peak
violence over the snoW-covered bat
tlefront, with Nazi bombers heavily
attacking industries and supply lines
in Moscow itself while Soviet war
planes struck back at German troops
in the field
A Russian communique said a sin
gle Red air unit in three days had
destroyed q Nazi tanks, 135 am
munition trucks and a large am
munition dump.
The bulletin of the Soviet infor-
nation bureau in Moscow also re-
ported that Russian guerrillas were
continuing to harass the Germans
far to the west of the actual battle
front, slashing at their communica-
ton lines and destroying isolated
groups of Nazi troops.
Russian dispatches said Germans
were digging trenches and tank
traps, essentially defensive works,
in some areas before Moscow in an
effort to consolidate earlier gains
against Soviet CounterattackS.
This followed reports that trench
warfare had developed in the siege
of Leningrad
Germans declared today that that
northern city was being subjected
to an ever-increasing bombardment
by German artillery and planes, with
aerial raiders dropping half-ton and
one-ton missiles on Notifications and
war industries
The Soviet fleet is in complete
control of the Black Sea. an authori-
tative source in London said, and
could cut Axis communications if
Germany attempted any sea expedi-
ton correlated with her land drive
- the east
This source gave the strength Of
the Black Sea fleets as:
Russia-One battleship with 12-