The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
|SOVIETS ADMIT
 TVJLA SERIOUS

(Continued from Page D battle and succeeded In cutting of1 the German pangef forces from the Infantry support.
 Russian dispatches said that par- tlcularly heavy fighting Is going for. ward around points ID" and "B" where Che situation is serious. Thus far, however, Commanders Theresh- kov and seregin have prevented the Germans from enlnTging their bulge in the Russian line.
 Comm6nder xermakov, in charge Of the whole Tula sector, was report cd rallying all available forces in an effort to prevent the fall of the city.
 In the Novobacovo gub-sootor Of the Tula front, it was reported, Rus- sian artillery sunashed German cone centrations In heavy night bonn bordnAeata end forced the Germans to abandon two villages about two and Q half miles from Tulas out. skirts.
 To the north the Germans were said to be hurling eight divisions, including four infantry, three tank and one sS division against Voloko" iasnsh, compelling the Russians 10 abandon several vitleges under pres. sure of superior forces.
 At another point on the voloko. lamSk sector the Ruslans also fell back despite stiff ntey-attackg,
 The long quietscent Novogorod sec- tor also stirred to activity with the Germans charging sountheastward toward the main Moscow highway which Soviet artillery held under constant fire.
 A similar Nazl attack in this sec. tord three months ago met no suc- ces.
 Russians Concentrate
 Mej. Gen. I. T. Korovinkov's main forces, in defense of this area, are concentrated on the east banks of the Voikhov and Volkehovets rivers, barring the Nazls approach to the highway.
 Soviet reports from the front said the Nazls have started Q Synchron. lzed offensive, obviously aimed at therl ultimate objectives"-Moscow and the Caucasus oil and mineral wealth.
 On the Moscow front, the Ger mans smashed heavily ct the north ern Kalinin and southern Tula sa- ] lients and admittedly made some 1 progress in bloody fighting. The in- tention appeared to be the encircle- ment of Moscow.
 Fresh German tank and infantry forces had been assembled. Some troops, 1t Is known, were diverted from the Leningrad front and for the first time troops of the nations allied with Germany have made their appearance on the Moscow front.
 The chief German success, Soviet dispatches said, was scored in the Tula region where particularly heavy aFmored units commanded by Col. Gen. Heinz Quderian, smashed into the Russian lines ct "D."
 Tanks drove into the lines, closes ly followed by lnechanized infantry. After hand-to-hand battles. the Russians, under Commander Tessh- kov, finally stopped the advance and concentrated large forces of artillery around the bulge tn an effort to pocket the Nazis anal cut them ofd from supporting troops.
 Simultaneously, the Germans ct Kalinin, strongly backed by units brought down from the lines around Leningrad pushed forward north Of the city and captured three villages. Two of the villages were retaken by the Russians in fierce counter attacks.
 Red Air Fleet Busy
 The Red air fleet was heavily en- gagged in the Kalinin defense and was reported to have attacked Naza columns moving Into battle, destroy. Ing 76 trucks laden with troops and ammunition killing or wounding 1000 Germans.
 It was the first time in 10 days that Q Russian communique has mentioned heavy fighting in the di- rection of Rostov.
 This appeared to indicate that the Rostov attack was timed to coln- eide with resumption Of operations against Moscow. It would indicate the Germans have completed the re- grouping of their forces which has been observed during the past 10 days.
 Russian reconnaissance has de. tected these movements, indicating the German high command was employing It's customary strategy of concentrating its maximum strength opposite the points chosen for at- kank