Evening star., 1941-10-02
Mussed Reich Forces
Hurled at Front
For Two Doys
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Germans have hurled
massed forces against Russian
lines on the southern front for
two days in an effort to break
through, but the Russian Army
claimed today that they had been
repulsed in a violent battle.
The Red Army dispatch failed to
identify the exact location of the
German thrust. but German 'front.'
line reports said the industrial DON
cts River basin is the objective of
the assaults, supported by air bonn
bardments of Russian bunkers, field
positions and tank concentrations
east of the Dnieper River.
The Red Army also reported in
the northwest, around Leningrad,
three Nazi assaults have cost the
invaders more than 1900 dead and
wounded without gain.
Red Assault Reported.
German dispatches from the front
late today credited the Russians
with making powerful counter
assault on the lower Dnieper River
in an attempt to cross the river
westward, but said Hungarian forces
defending the sector maintained
their hold.
Large forces of Russians with
their backs to the Azov and Black
Seas are being attacked relentlessly
by the German air force, German
reports said.
The southern sector includes the
Ukraine and the Crimean penin-
sula, but the exact scene of the
newest attacks were not disclosed
by Red Star, army newspaper. The
onslaught lasted all day yesterday,
but now is weakening and the Ger
mans are falling back to their old
positions, leaving 250 dead men be-
hind, Red Star said.
Two Trains Disabled.
Authorized sources in Berlin said
two Russian armored trains had
been put out of action. Apparently
In the same action. the German
high command said italian troops
have taken more than 5000 pris-
oners and inflicted heavy bloody
losses on the enemy" in an encircle-
ment east of the Dnieper.
German official sources hailed the
claim of Germany'S northern ally,
Finland, to capture of the Karelian
city of Petrozavodsk as cutting off
the flow of raw materials from Muir
mansk to the Russian hinterland."
Moscow and Leningrad again were
bombed last night, the high COM
man said in a terse bulletin report
ing from the eastern front only that
operations are proceeding according
to plan. Other German sources de-
scribed the raids simply as "eftec-
tive"
Localized Fight in North.
In the north the fighting appar-
entity was another series of localized
but intense combats at close range
on the perimeter of Lenlngrads
outer defenses.
The Soviet Information Bureau
said one Russian infantry unit in
flicted more than 400 casualties on
the Nazis while another killed or
wounded 200 men, crippled six Ger
man tanks and captured II machine
guns.
The third thrust cost the 506th
Regiment of the 29lst German In
fantry Division more than 500
men a commun1que said, plus two
tanks, two baby tanks. eight field
pieces. motor train, many machine
guns and much ammunition.
The repeated references to small
arms indicated the nature of the
conflicts.
Red Star said the 9Th Regiment OF
the 30th German Infantry Division
tried to break through to a railroad
station in the Starya Russa sector
$50 miles south of Leningrad but
had to stop for reinforcements
While 1t waited the Russians coun-
terattacked and reoccupied a vii
lage.
Captures in South.
The southern repulse of the Ger
mans netted one Russian unit Is
ield guns, seven mortars, l8 machine
guns, $50 rifles and other equipment
Red Star said.
Another Russian force in the same
area reported capture of 100 Ger
man officers and men.
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