The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-14
For First Time in 36 Hours Germans Fail to Make
 an Advance BITTER HAND- HOLLAND FIGHTING TAXES PLACE German General Attack Started Wednesday;
 Most FOuriOus of All
BY M. S. HANDLER

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow, Sept. 14.-(UP) Russians, backed by massed artillery, are beating off Ger man hordes lat Stalingrad" with bayonets, front-line dispatches said today. For the first time in 36 hours the enemy failed to gain. (In a German-language broadcast the Moscow radio, heard in in London by the United Press lis tening post, told the Nazis that tits now the middle of September-it Is autumn. The rains nave set in and the nights are cold. But Stalingrad still Stands.")
 A dispatch to the Communist party organ Pravda referred to fighting at Stalingrad," and said the Germans had been repulSed in bitter hand-to-hand fighting on one sector, where they had lost 1000 men. Previously, all dispatches had spoken of battles "west", southwest" or northwest" Uz 5taiingrad.
 (The Germans claimed yesterday that they had penetrated into the southern part of Stalingrad.)
 The Soviet noon communique re- ported fighting west and southwest of Stalingrad and the vital Volga river line, and said the Germans had broken through on one south western sector, but Russian tanks had charged and restored the situa- tion.
 West of Stalingrad, our trocps were engaged in defensive fighting with enemy infantry and tanks" 1t ! said. "The Hitlerites attacked one position with 20 tanks and two hat-s < talions of infantry. Soviet artillery and tank busters destroyed seven { tanks and forced the remainder to turn back. Enemy infantry was routed by Soviet attack, and lef6 200 dead on the battlefield.
 Intense Fighting
 Southwest of Stalingrad, our troops continued intense fighting with the enemy. On one sector, tlls enemy succeeded in breaking through our positions. A Soviet tank unit attacked the enemy and re- stored the situation. Five German tanks, II armored cars and one company of infantry were de4 stroyed."
 The German general attack, m progress since last Wednesday morn ing, probably was the greatest they had ever attempted, and it was be- heved here that a decision would not be long coming; the Nazi assault would soon collapse from the weight of fearful casualties, or Stalingradss gallant defenders would soon De fighting from the ruined houses of the Soviet Verdun."
 The last German gain was report ed in last midnight's Soviet com munique. On the southwestern ap% proach, the Russians had to give up a village. The Germans paid for ikt 5000 men, 70 tanks and 24 tructn loaded with automatic rifiemen.
 It was the third Russian with~ drawal on the Stalingrad front in the S6 hours prior to last midnighA The two other retreats had been 01 the southwestern and western ap- breaches.
 Heavy Battles ct Don
 Heavy fighting flared up on &ts west bank of the Don, south Of V0r- onezh. Vor0nezh Is on the uunei stretches of the Don. and was IhG first city on the river that the Ger. man legions reached in the summel campaign. Front line dispatches N6. ported that the Hungarians had luHa TOGO men in two days In fFuil}ezs ak@ taeks against Russian bridsehsa&s
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