Evening star., 1942-07-14
StoIingrod PeriIed
By Two Germun
Offensives

B. the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 14.-Three pow
erful German columns, driving
into the Don River bend toward
stalingrad on the Volga, gained
further ground today south OF
Boguchar, where the Red Army
fell back fighting to prevent be-
ing t1anked.
axis reports reaching London
through Stockholm said the
German drive had carried
through Kazansk, 30 miles be-
yond Boguchar, and Migulinsk,
10 more miles southeast-to
about 100 miles from Stalin-
grad)
Stalingrad also was menaced by
q second thrust eastward from
Lisichansk. some 140 miles south
west Of Roguchar.
Red Star said that along the
whole Don front the Germans had
thrown great superiority in men
and machines" into their offensive.
The army organ, expressing the
Russian desire for second front,
said:
"The Germans want to defeat us
before our allies can land on the
continent"
Break Through at Voronezh.
There was no specific information
as to how far the Russians fell
back south of Boguchar, but dis
patches said several kilometers.
There seemed the possibility that
the Russians planned their next
main stand en- the east bank of the
Don, as at Voronezh, rather than
risk entrspment on the west bank.
Even at Voronezh, however, the
Germans had effected break
through by pouring tremendous
forces into a narrow salient.
After one break through, however,
the Russian stand stiffened and de-
fenses held. From the north flank
other Red Army forces still holding
the west bank of the Don northwest
Of Voronezh counterattacked and
drove back two new German tank
divisions, the 9th and l1th.
Headquarters of the divisions was
reported captured. A Hungarian
cavalry detachment was wiped out
and 80 tanks were destroyed, Rus
sian dispatches said.
A~~>cy M~I> a. Trnnuc
The seriousness Of the situation,
however, was clear.
Headlines at the top of the front
pages of Pravda, the Communist
party newspaper, said:
Fighters of the Red Army! Sc
rious danger threatens your country.
The nation appeals to you as dear
sons to make ever stronger your
blows upon the onrushing enemy"
On the warfront northwest OF
Moscow the Russians said their
troops had gained the initiative over
Naz forces and air-borne reinforce
ments on the Kalinin front.
The Soviet Information Bureau
said a powerful onslaught in the
Rzhev area, 1876 miles northwest of
Moscow, forced an outnumbered
Russian defense force to yield
ground but denied German claims
of a victory in which 10000 Russian
troops were reported trapped.
New Menace to Moscow.
The fighting, certainly not more
than $50 miles from Moscow, was
seen as a potential new threat to
the Soviet capital.
The Russian account said the
Germans launched an offensive July
2 and that both sides lost heavily in
fighting through July 13. Total Rus
sian casualties were placed at 1000
killed and wounded and 5000 miss
ing.
THE Germans lost over 10000
officers and men killed alone" the
Soviet Information Bureau declared
"It is impossible" the statement
said, Ito conceal the fact that the
Germans daily lose on the Soviet
German front thousands upon
thousands of men. This, despite
the temporary successes of the Ger
man troops, gradually SdpS tHe
Hitlerite war machine and prepares
the ground for the defeat Of Ger
many in this war"
Motorized Division Used.
German masses forced the break,
through in narrow sector of the
Voronezh front and third motor
lied infantry division was swung
into the attacks across the upper
Don under the hammering of the
Russian Air Force, dispatches said
Battling on the approaches o.
voronezh was reported PARTICULAR,
fierce. Foot troops fired from roof
tops, churches. shrubs, trees ant
bitches. Artillery batteries poured
out shells from hill and woot
positions.
In an attempt to improve thei
positions in one sector where ou
units inflicted on the enemy particu
larly strong counterblows, Tas
said. the Germans threw into &C
ton two Hungarian brigades. Tn
(See RUSSIA, Page A-4)