Evening star., 1942-07-10
Romme| Right Flank Driven Back
Toward Sea by Fast Allied Units;
Russians Battling New Nazi Push
Punzers Bite Into
Soviet Line After
Crossing the Don
Py the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 10.-German
tank forces which crossed the
upper Don bit into the Soviet de-
fenses before Voronezh today,
while 100 miles to the south a
second furious battle ragged full
force at the approaches to Ros-
sosh, where reinforced German
troops had driven a new salient
80 miles into the Russian line.
Red Star, organ of the Soviet
Army, said conditions west of Vor-
onezh were becoming more COM
plicated" and those near Rossoh
very difficult" with combat close to
the city.
An important Red Army counter
attack designed to relieve pressure
on Voronezh was reported threat
ening the German flank, however
and Red Star said stubborn battles
there may have a serious influence
over the position near Voronezh."
It was not disclosed whether this
counterattack was in the Orel sec
tor 165 miles northwest Of Voronezh
where the Germans have reported
Russian troops on the offensive.
Nazi Line Rolled Back.
Russian tanks, leading an attack
on one position where the Germans
were described as particularly vul-
nerable, were said to have rolled the
| Nazi line back and reoccupied sew
eral points.
In the battle before Voronezh, key
rail link between the Russian cen
trail and southern armies, the Ger
mans have established two main
bridgeheads across the Don at ire
mendous sacrifice of men, accounts
from that front said.
One column of 100 tanks was re-
ported attacking a Russian settle
ment on the east bank, still encoun-
tering stiff resistance.
However, the Russians said the
main force of Field Marshal Ewald
Won Kleist's fourth tank army was
massed west of the river. waiting
under Russian aerial attack and
long-range bombardment to cross
for renewed attack as soon as the
Nazi foothold on the east bank
could be widened.
Russians Battling Hard
The Russians were reported bat
ting hard on the defensive in the
had driven toward the big bend Of
the Don 100 miles south of Voronezt
and 200 miles north of Rostov. north
gate to the Caucasus.
The fighting has swelled to ar
immense scale, Russian dispatche.
declared. Red Star appealed for {
stand to the death.
The Russians reported they with
drew in good order toward Rossosh
after several days of steadily in
, creased Nazi pressure, to avoid be
, ing flankeG. The Germans wer
said to have poured in strong re
serves, increasing their numerical
, superiority, particularly in tanks.
The frontline accounts said tn
! Germans occupied several NOR
l communities and penetrated into th'
Russian defenses in depth as the,
S strove fiercely to break on through
4 to the east.
235 Miles From Stalingrad.
The invaders again were within
4 235 miles of Stalingrad, industria
& city of $4,000 on the lower Volgs
as they were In their ill-fated thrus
6 along the Azov Sea coast to Rosto
last fall.
Hundreds Of thousands OF Russial
soldiers--veterans and reserves
were marshaled In the defense eff
forts.
The Soviet Information Burea
disclosed at midnight that the tri
angular invasion, salient slashed IL
= miles eastward to the Don near Vo
s ronezh was expanding roughly Il
6 the shape of square with f1ghtin
southwark in the Rossosh region.
r During July g." it said, "ou
Is troops continued stubborn battles
: the west of Voronezh and in tn
area Of the town Of RosSosh."
Volga manufacturing centers an
Caucasus oil were described officiall
as the Nazi goals in an exhortatio
to Soviet soldiers to hold the.
ground at any cost.
Not one more step backward
= the Army newspaper Red Star urge'
n I'VE cannot afford to yield anothe
y yard of Soviet soil"
At the same time the Informatio
" Bureau said heavy German losst
" had compelled the Hitlerite cliqu
re to withdraw considerable forces frol
,e France and dispatch them to tt
east"
5000 Slain on Kalinin Front.
Russian soldiers on the Kalini
lv front were declared to have sla
ri 1000 Germans and destroyed
=. tanks and five armored cars in thrt
N days. Guerrillas were said to hay
ia accounted for 600 Germans in the
(See RUSSIA, Page A-6)