The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-20

Ard in the nearby Maloyaroslavets anai0n the Germans fianked Q Rus tlan fortified zone, though they sere then stopped.
 Russian guns smashed 6 tank meage which broke through at one Aiiage, Pravda said.
 Fight Way Back
 Tt was added that surrounded RsYssian upnits were fighting their Tav back to the main forces in big groups.
 Low clouds and rain were report "a hampering air activity on ootn sides. but Pravada said that never Iheless Russian bombing planes were attacking German tank concentra- Hons, which spearheaded the Ger man drive for Moscow.
 Where tens of thousands of men had worked on defenses, inside tne city as well as out, hundreds oI thousands of men and women worked today.
 The official Communist party newspaper Pravda announced tnae women were marching out ot the city to fight alongside brothers ana husbands at the front.
 Groups of non-essential factory workers had already gone to the front, led by crack StakhanovlVe shock workers, to back up the Reo army and the home guard.
 The German offensive, now in It's 18th day, was steadily increasing Ill fury instead of diminishing as had the previous three great German drives.
 Communiques and special dis uatchse, broadcast from the Moscow radio and heard here by the United Press listening post, told how the 4.0O0,0 900 people of Moscow were preparing to defend their city in a siege which may pale any in history
 East Ditch Leader
 stain, a laSt-ditch leader in the civil war when Alarmed, ill-clad Bolsheviks were fighting Czarists and troops of foreign nations, is- sued an order of the day announc- inc that the city would be defended ko the end and calling on the peo- pie to give the Red army every sup port.
 He followed this up with a dras- tic state of siege decree, as chair man of the state committee for defense, and appointed special com- uaanders to assume authority in Moscow and its adjoining districts and in the two most vital defense sectorS to the west-Moskaish 63 miles from the outskirts, and Nal Dyaroslavets, 66 miles away.
 The decrees, signed late last night, put Russia's greatest city, a city regarded as Its heart for cen- turieS. under a state of siege al Widnight.
 pwavda, the oflcial Communist Av paper. announcing the decree
 under the heading "Extraor- 6ane n Importance of the Decree of the State Committee for Defense" said that Hitler was throwing in new forces at Mozhaisk and Maloy- aruslsvets.
 Hitler In q Hurry
 ~The enemy continues to attack" lt said, tour brave army bade him halt yesterday but the enemy throws in ever new forces. Hitler is in @ hurry.
 'sThis decree will mobilize the whole population for the defense of Moscow.
 we have built up a stronghold of fortified points in and around Moscow to prepare for a fierce fighting program of defense by all means possible, including street to s...eet fighting.
 Every anti-air man, gunner and tank pilot will be in his place.
 Fight to Last Drop
 'The population welcomes the measure taken and appreciates its significance. Fascist spies and agents will have to be exterminated mercilessly. The staet committee for defense appeals to the popula- fton to maintain order and calmness and to give the Red army full sup- port. We shall fight for Moscow to the last drop of our blood.
 'Long live our beloved Moscow and our country!"
 A front dispatch broadcast by Moscow radio said many women al- ready were taking part in heavy lighting west of the city.
 "They are not afraid of any hard ship" the dispatch said.
 They march with the men as far es.l10 Kilometres (95 miles) to get @ the front"
 The days first high command c0anmunique disclosed the presence of Germans a few more than 60 miles away.
 To-day Sunday our forces con. tinued fighting all along the front, particularly stubbornly in the di-