The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-09

1U0,UUU HIGH, LIle kul1tlB UT WOuAu- ing of 100000 and the dispersal of the remaining 122,0O0 troops over a wide area.
 In another special communique issued this morning the Nazi high command claimed that a Soviet force 60 miles southeast of Smol- ensk had been destroyed with the capture of 38,000 prisoners, 250 tanks and 359 guns.
 Nad spokesmen insisted that the fall of Kiev and Odessa can be expected soon if the present pace of the German drive is maintained and indicated that Russian ability to defend the rich agricultural and industrial area of the Ukraine is being rcushed systematically. But Russian reports is altogether different about what is happen ing over there.
 What Russia Claims
 A Russian naval unit forced a landing on the Rumanian coast of the Black Sea and took 600 prisoners and large quantity of guns and ammunition, tn Soviet information bureau said today.
 The Russian cuttrs approached as near tn shore as possible and the sailors waded the rest of the way in the face of murderous ma chine gun fire to Subdue the de- lenders, with bayonets, the bureau said.
 The prisoners were Rumanians in German army tlInics, according to the dispatch, and one captive was quoted that the German off1- cers gave us these tunics the other day to encourage us; they said that everybody was afraid of the German army and that if we put on the tunicS our appearance alone would put the Bolsheviks to flight"
 Most of the Rumanian defenders escaped, the bureau said. The 500 who remained begged for mercy, and the captured Rumanian ma chine gunners proved absolutely drunk" the dispatch said. The raiders were said to have captured three German rapid fire guns, 2,500 mine throwerS and many hand grenades and rifles.
 German Attacks Checked
 German assaults have been checked again at all five important sectors including two In the Ukraine, scene of the heaviest fighting, a Russian war communique indicated today.
 The scenes of action were Estonia and the Finnish sector in the north; Smolensk in the center, and Korosten and Belaya Tserkov, north and south of Kiev, on the southern front. The communique said that in all these sectors "our troops fought the enemy" and gave no in- dication that the Germans had gained ground.
 Soviet airplanes continued bomb ing German armored and, infantry units, as well as German airplanes and airports, the communique said. It claimed that 2l German and IA Russian planes were lost on Thurs day.
 Numerous victories over German tank units by Russian regulars and guerillas were claimed in dispatches by Tass, the official news agency.
 They described one action at an unidentified river town that lasted 24 hours and cost the Germans 150 tanks. The Germans were said to have charged their tanks across bridges, in the face of Russian ar- tillery fire, losing scores. The Rus sians completed the rout by attack ing the Germans unexpectedly at night in the light of the burning town.
 North of town designated as "N", Tass said, a Soviet tank unit led by Order Bearer Capt. Petrov destroyed 40 German tanks.
 Bomb Hits On Tanks
 An airplane piloted by Battalion Con1missar Nezhdanov scored bomb hits on five tanks and when the plane was forced down by anti-air- craft fire behind the German lines, other Soviet planes circled the spot firing machine guns and keeping the Germans away from the dis abled plane and Its crew, Tass said. Finally, according to TasS, one of MTITI0N D0TTAR