Evening star., 1941-11-02
Russia Throws
Vast Reserves
Against Nazis
Germans Capture Of
Rostov and TuIu
Appears Imminent

Russia threw great masses Of
reserves into the 19-Week- -old
struggle against Adolf Hitler's
invasion armies last night as the
Germans momentarily threat
ened to capture the key city of
ROstOv -on-DOn, gateway to the
Caucasus oil fields, and the
munitions center of Tula, 100
miles south of Moscow.
The Germans were smashing full
blast across the upper Donets River
marking all but the end of the
transatlantic drive. in an apparent
effort to cut off the line of United
States war supplies to the u S. R. r.
via the Middle East
Nazis Report Crimean Advance.
A bulletin from Hitler's head
quarters said Nazi troops had
crossed the Donets River at several
points, presumably in wide flank
ing sweep to engulf Rostov- -on-Don,
and that German and Rumanian
troops were advancing into the
Crimea peninsula in pursuit Of re-
treating Soviet forces.
German military spokesmen de-
clared emphatically that Russia's
winter snows-the factor that
spelled disaster for Napoleon on his
drive to Moscow in l8l2-would
mean no halt in the campaign.
Germany is prepared Ito the last
they said. and this seemed borne
out by recent reports of Nazi orders
requisitioning winter blankets,
heavy coats and boots in the Ger
man. conquered countries.
Already. the Germans said. supply
trains moving east are carrying mil
lions Of winter garments and devices
enabling Hitler's military jugger-
naut to operate in freezing tempera-
lures.
Soviet front-line dispatches said
the German central front armies
under Gen. Fedor Won Book were
massing huge forces for a violent
new offensive against Moscow and
that heavier fighting will begin in
the near future"
The Soviet commander on the
central front. Gen Gregory K. Zhu-
kov, was reported speeding fresh
troops from Russia's vast manpower
reservoirs and training bases in ST.
IBERIA to meet the German assault.
Picture of 1900 Mile Front.
AS the struggle surged toward a
new climax latest reports gave this
picture of the 1.200-mile battlelines:
l. On the Moscow front: The Ger
mans are driving into the suburbs
of Tula. 100 miles south Of the
Soviet capital, forcing the Russians
to fall back under rearguard action:
a violent battle is raging around
Volokolamsk, IS miles northwest OF
Moscow: Russian counter-attacks
are still holding the Germans at
Kalinin. 95 miles northwest.
The Moscow radio said last night
a part of Kalinin had been recap
tured by the Red army after heavy
fighting. The broadcast was re-
layed by the B B. c. and picked up
in New York by N. B. c.
2. Eastern Ukraine: The Russians
have begun to evacuate the civil
population of Rostov-on-Don, a city
of $4,000. and to remove valuable
machinery as the nearest German
troops were reported only 10 miles
away: fresh Soviet troops, supported
by naval gunfire, have been brought
up to stem the Nazi drive.
3. Crimea: German and Ruma-
nian troops are smashing through
a widening gap in the PerekOp 18TH
mus defense line and the Russians
admit the situation is critical. but
the London radio reports that the
Nazis have been momentarily
checked after a 25-mile advance.
Still IS miles farther to the south
lies Russia's great Black Sea naval
base at Sevastopol,
4. Leningrad front: Violent action
again blazed forth. with the Ger
mans reporting a break through a
strongly fortified Russian defense
zone near Volkhovo, 10 miles south
east of Leningrad. and the capture
of 533 Russian pillboXes in fierce
hand -to-hand fighting
Advices reaching London said the
German northern armies were now
trying to fight their way east. be-
yond the Volkhov River. in an at
tempt to join hands with Finnish
troops pressing down from the north
and thus isolate Leningrad COM
pletely for final "starve or sur
render" siege of the one-time capi-
tai of the Cars.
Preparations for Winter.
Some of the scope of the German
preparations for Russia's winter was
indicated by Dienst aus Deutsch-
land. which said that since October,
1910, the vast German textile indus
try has been working almost ex-
clusively" for the army-and much
of that time was producing equip
ment needed for a possible winter
war
Dienst said the German Army's
experience in Norway afforded ex-
(See WAR, Page A-8D