Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-06
.Sevastopo| Reds
Drive 10 Smash
SiegebyAxis
Russiuns Attempt
Fresh Landings
In West Crimeu
By the Associated Press.

Russia's long -besieged garrison
at SevaStopol appeared to have
broken German lines around
that key Black Sea naval base
today, while Soviet transports
boldly attempted to land troops
on the Crimean west coast 40
miles to the rear of the Nazi
siege armies.
Front-line dispatches said Rus
sian troops had sailed forth from
Sevastopol. advancing at a number
of points to smash German outposts
and destroy Notifications.
At the same time the Berlin radio
acknowledged that the Red armies
had broken the German main line"
before Moscow-perhaps referring
to the vital Mozhaisk sector. 81
miles west of the Russian capital.
where the Germans have concen-
trated powerful forces.
Transports Bombed.
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's field
headquarters, indicating that the
Russians are now in full command
of the Black Sea waters around the
Crimea, said German warplanes
bombed Soviet troop transports of
Yevpatoriya, 40 miles north OF Sew
astopol
The communique said three of the
Russian transports were damaged
and protecting speedboat was
sunk.
1t seemed clear that the Russians
already overrunning the Eastern Cri.
mea in a tempestuous counterinva-
sion. were seeking to gain a toehold
on the west coast, where they could
trap the Germans by cutting Of the
escape route north to the narrow
Perekop isthmus.
Dispatches to the Soviet govern
ment newspaper Izvestia said Rus
sian troops which landed at Feodo-
siya, in the Eastern Crimea. had
reached the Sea Of Azov. cutting of
the entire Kerch peninsula
lzvestiaS correspondent said the
Germans tried to shift part of their
Sevastopol forces to stem the Rus
sian onslaught on the Kerch PENN
sula, only to meet a deadly hail OF
shells from Soviet warships and
coastal artillery and bombs from
Russian naval aircraft
The Black Sea feet fulfills with
credit its task" the correspondent
said.
On the central front. the length
ening arm OF the Soviet counter
offensive was reported sweeping
the Germans back on Kursk.. $50
miles below Moscow and about 100
miles south of Orel.
Soviet dispatches said that Red
Army troops who routed the Ger
mans from Tim. 20 miles east Of
Kursk. were advancing rapidly and
that the road in this sector was
Uttered for IS miles with Nazi
corpses, shot-torn cars and trucks.
The Germans did everything to
retain this line" the Russians said.
"A unit commanded by Dobrovolsky
outflanked the Fascists and pene-
trated their rear"
The British Radio said the
Russians were reported to have
crossed the Upper Donets River
as part of an attack on broad
front. This could be in the region
of KharkovD
300 Square Miles Retaken.
Red Army troops, backed by Amer
ican-made fighter planes. were re-
ported in Kuibyshev to have recap
tured 800 square miles of territory
on the Leningrad front in five days
Of counterattacks after checking q
German offensive.
Soviet gains in the frozen wastes
Of the North came with announce
ments of further inroads against
Hitler's legions at the center and
in the South.
Russian dispatches said four Cur
tiss Tomahawks, manufactured in
the United States, shot down eight
Messerschmitts and routed others
supporting the German drive before
Leningrad. which Maj. Gen. Fed
yunisky's Soviet forces countered
with such vigor they drove the in
vaders from 30 villages.
The Tomahawks came through
untouched Correspondents said
many Russian planes were equipped
with skis and others were being
fitted with them for operations at
snow-blanketed fields.
THE German planes are still on
wheels" a front-line dispatch to
Kuibyshev said, while lacking the
kind of airdromes wheels demand"
A Soviet Information Bureau
communique, broadcast by the Mos
COW radio, emphasized the aerial
theme. saying:
Our air force on January dis
persed and annihilated more than
three regiments of infantry (per-
haps 5000 mem, destroyed 100
trucks loaded with troops and shot
down Al German planes with loss
Of IL Soviet planes"
In various actions aground yes
terday Russian troops officially were
declared to have continued their
advance in fierce fighting which cost
the Germans heavy losses and 'oc-
cupied a number Of inhabited To-
calities"
Finnish forces suddenly have
launched an attack below the Svir
overwhelmingly after . long pc
Rod on the defense during the Ger
man retreat farther southland
have captured . number Of Rus
sian positions, q Helsinki commune
dlle declared