The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-13
AIl-Out" Offensive
 Towards Oil Fields
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 n oesart n the coming winter
 nths and the threats C Japan to
 s nouthward without delay be-
 nsa 0g what the Tokyo press called 4a s'insufferahle hostility of Britain end the United states.
 Iae Japanese News Agency pomei Nas quoted as saying on "undeclared Nnr" with the Dolnocracies already WIS in progress.
 Both Russia and China were un. deRstood in London, to have called unon Britain Co take drastic action 70 prevent Japan from striking, pre-. snmahly by making it clear that London would declare war. The mritish were said to have been seek- nng a clariflcation of Washlngton's stand In event of 6 Japanese attack um Thailand or tho Burma Read.
 China also was understood in london to have appealed to Presi- don't Roosevelt for American atr- planes and perhaps personnel to ald in defense ot the Burma Road, which is more vulnerable to aerial attack than to a land offensive. It wns understood that China's need f0w planes was extremely acute, although Tokyo had reported that ehout 30 American alrplaneS were elready in action on the Burma Eoad.
 sAE Chungking, military Spokes- Nlnn said that Japanese planes would attack the Burma road from Japanese bases In 1ndo- China "irn. u1ldiately" in event of failure of the pbace mission of Saburo Kurusu, at Washington, where it was felt that tHa chances of success were ex" ttemely slim.
 Dependsc On Naxl Push
 AsThA turn of all of these threats ln coming naotnhs may well depend 0M teh success or failure of the Ger nfAn push toward the Caucasus, which is the main route for Amer. icAn and British supplies through tne Middle East to Russia as well as the center of the Russian oil fields.
 sLonaon dispatches said that the Germans apparently were starting O hlg offensive ln the Ukraine, coor. dinated with their drive across the CFimea. The Axis push would be directed against the Don River de- 9Anses and the key city of Rostov, which has held out for almost a month against persistent German attacks.
 At the same time, the Germans would he expected to try to force a passage across the Kerchenski Straits which are e five mile water gap from the CriMea to the mainland south of Rostov. Already, Berlin sald Axis forces are attacking the Kerch for. tkncatlonS but 1t was acknowledged that these are difAcult to penetrate and that the Russians have power. 1al artillery on Q 600.foot high bluff sx miles east of Kerch, guarding the narrowest point on the straits. s1t was believed that the Germans would try to cross ct some other point aS c result of their capture oy several fortified positions on the East Crimean coast south Of Kerch. sThe Germans also were lombard. ing Anapa, on themainland side of the straits, and were continuing hbAvy aerial and artillery lombard. Saent ot the naval base ct Sevasto. pol, where it was claimed that i've evacuation shipS" were sunk and thTee cruisers and . destroyer hit.
 Russia Hold Firmly
 Elsewhere on the eastern front AAMuM Sa,aa lNAasv1P $lakAkiVe hut kl.A xzlSslans appeared to be holding firmly, especially around Moscow. whore the weather continued ex. tsemely unfavorable to military op- citations.
 sTeh main German attacks on the Moscow front were directed ct Tula oh the south and Kalinln on the north, the two hinges preventing ehclrclement Of the Soviet capital. Wspatches from Serlin, London and radio Moscow all indicated no ira- pprtant changes in positions, Sihich vsas regarded as e victory for the Red army. Both sides continued to report local counter attacks without my decisive results except that the German war machine apparently was bAtng worn down steadily and kept ealing up reserves.
 ALondon military authorities re. ported some details of losses which tpe Germans are suffering in their campaign to get to Moscow and Rostov. They said that le of 70 Ger Il1an panxer divisions had suffered sappreclable" losses, which probably means more than 10 per cent casual. ties, whllc 70 of l60 infantry divi- sinns had suffered similar losses, Wlith some of them losing up to 30 per cent of their efEectives.
 What such losses would mean in men end material Is dif1cult to estl. mate, as it was pointed out that the divisions are constantly being re- termed and reinforced, but the AnsaA aAmn HA AssA1 ~A