The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-23


Gun tram MoulHein
CmciSI reports N The figIiiue IL
The E6Wkafeik UNle, about IL mile.
inside The border from 1l6ilsnd
SAID Ule attackers I6G been stopped
rat all points" ana observers haG
believed the Japanese would have "
obtain reiptoioemelts before con
lMuips Tie thrust.
The British appeared 10 be with
craving also IN regions III Teuss-
seyin south al MollHelu IL order &c
t1rni q stronger ring u troops toI
defense N The poii
New air raid alarms sounded IRE
pIently IN Hanaaon sud observers
reported larger tqsn The usual
number III Allied fighter planes we're
overhead ~ Wss reported reliably
that seven Burmese were killed ana
"a small number injured IN jap
spese air attack yesterday On the
suburbs III M9ll.MeiH.
The main fgnilne appeared 10 he
taking place IL The EsWksTelk area
Germans H4take Town
Cairo, Jan. rs tUF) AXIS
forces have JeoeupieG AgedaEis ~
miles south III EenghsI, il sud
den thrust Ifoia The salt marshes III
ri Aghella on the GyJenaics Trip
oljtsnis border, British general mead
quarters foy the Middle East said
To-Day.
The enemy columns when recap
tufed Agedabia fJon which Gen
eT6l Erwin hN1lneis Africa corps
recently WltldftW uAGer cover III q
raging sandstoinl, we're strongly
covered w German aud Italian
boWbers WIN fighter proteotlou," q
communicate said.
I'm Tie course III The days opera
lions our 6u forces ana artillery
were presented with q number 0i
good targets" headquarters said.
Particularly, two concentrations
III enemy AleelsAiesi transport IN
the area southwest III AgeGabia were
heavily ana successfully bombed ana
machine EunIed Many casualties
were observed Inflicted an the en-
envy"
Operations which gave Aeedabia
back " Tie Esls began several days
ago when German ana italian ann
0red forces, covered by bomber ana
HeAtei planes organized IN iHJee
columns ana moved eastward from
ri hgieils, where hommel made b
stand after pulling out III Aged5 bIa
Yesterdays Galro oaaDlun4lIe said
ti!e Asis was making d 'Ieconnals
saIee III force" on line ~ miles
east al Mersa ETega, which Is be
tween I'll A4lIia ana AeeGaEls The
oonlH}unique s9lG that British hight
forces had Withdrawn after contact
with he enemy.
London, Jan. rs up Russian
uG9ps advancing westward against
strong German resistance are NOV
ing nom MozDalsk toward SDlGl
ems. at the rate ~ SIX o. seven
miles dys ana German defend
ers already have yazed Eorodina
Hap1le9n's famous battle-ground
press reports from Moscow said to-
day
1le Hea army was on The often
size IN d wide area StoTHoylk dive
EqHbeJs were reported attacking
German fortified positions around
wanna, 1885 miles southwest Of
Moscow, III preparation ioI Tie neat
hed amy blow al the succession
III German winter lines
strong German resistance was
reported IN dispatches fr0iH Mos
COW u The Exchange Telegraph
agency which said, however, that
The Russian advance west III MOI
Helsk was continuing
UnoonilTHed Stockholm reports
said Russian patrols we've already
IN The vicinity ot VysNna, while the
man RED amy isiGes, pressing
forward ielentlessjy nom Mollaisk
reached q point beyond The village
~ uyagoyka, 10 miles west 81 MOI
Nalsk ana "a miles east ~ yyaAaa,
10 lake uyaroysa tle Russians
had advanced within d lew nouns
more dian ~ miles west 81 koro-
Giaa, scene of the cliDaotic battle
ior MOSCOW Ia Napoleop's attack al
1914