The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-13
Bitter Winter Weather Strikes Russian Fronts
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A Russian unit penetrated Ger man positions inside Stalingrad last night, killed 60 soldiers, destroyed two guns and five machine guns and captured two french mortars, six machine guns and 20 tommy guns.
 Front-hne dispatches reported that the Russians had retaken a small railway station outside Stalin- grad. Black, shining Italian tanks for the first time were thrown into fierce counter attacks. Being thinly armored, Russian shells pierced them as if they were tin.
 The battle ragged with undimia- ished violence south of the Terek river in the Mozdok area of the eastern Caucasus, where Adolf Hit Ter had thrown big forces, hoping to drive to the nearby Grozny oil fields from which he had been held two months.
 The noon communique reported a Russian advance on one sector, the killing of 250 Germans by one Sov- let unit, and the destruction of eight German planes. The government organ IZvestia said armored trains had been thrown into the battle, and, shelling enemy positions, had killed hundreds and blown up many tanks in the last several days.
 On one sector of the Mozdok front, the Germans assaulted for eight continuous days. Three thou sand of them were killed and the Russians held all their positions.
 Fighting Goes On
 lighting in the Mozdok area continued" the noon communique said. Soviet units advanced some what on one sector. The enemy is counter attacking. Tn tense battles, a Soviet unit wiped out 250 of the enemy and disabled four tanks Twenty-one German soldiers de- serted to the Red Army. The Rus sians shot down eig.!t German planes in forward areas"
 Heavy fighting ragged above Stall ingrad, between the Don and Volga rivers, and west of the Don, on the north side of the bend, where Mar shal Semyon Timoshenko'S counter offensive has been under way for weeks.
 No specific advances were re- ported for Timoshenko, but the noon communique reported that Soviet tanks had disabled three German tanks and five anti-aircraft guns ano kiIied about a company of in- 1 fantry. On another sector, Soviet forces beat of counter-attacks and killed 80 Germans.
 West of the Don, the struggle centered over a strategic hill, with frequent infantry clashes and she'll ing. Both sides weer trying to im- prove their positions.
 Generally. it was said, action above Stalingrad was on a reduced scale and was now characterized by trench fighting, with tactical man. enuverS, flank assaults and attempts to seep into the rear of the enemy's trenches.
 Inside Stalingrad. the Russians were reported to have put undam- aged sections of a tractor factory back into production. It was build- ing new tanks to repel the invaders, and repairing wrecks practically on the battle-ground itself.
 It was indicated that the factory was the Stalin Tractor Works, built by American engineers. Prayda said workers from the Stalin plant, with a brigade of tank workers. repulsed the first German attacks against the walls of Stalingrad. Led by Q woman and man. they held vital positions until Red Army reinforce mentS arrived
 Tn the Stalingrad area, Soviet units repulsed enemy attacks" the noon communique said. German infantry attempted tc break through in the direction of one fac- tory in the northwestern part of stalignrad. but was repulsed with 250 Of the enemy killed. One Soviet unit In Q night attack penetrated enemy positions, killed 60, destroyed two guns and five machine guns. and captured two trench mortaFs, six machine guns and 20 tommy guns"
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