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large infantry forces, supported by
40 tanks and aircraft. The Russians
repulsed a number of attacks here,
killing about 600 enemy men, but
late in the day the Germans "broke
into the outskirts of populated
place."
Nazi Plan Declared Upset.
So successful was the resilient
Red Army defense that Gregory
Alexandrov, chief of the propaganda
department of the Communist party,
declared fatty in Pravda:
The strategic plan OF the Ger
mans for 1912 has been upset"
This, he said, envisioned cutting
off the armies south of Voronezh
to facilitate the occupation of Stall
ingrad and the entire Soviet south
ern area within a few weeks. Then
the Germans planned to turn their
full fury against Moscow and Brit
ain. He estimated 100 divisions of
100000 men, 1000 planes and
countless tanks and big guns had
been thrown into the summer cam
paign in the south alone in fighting
surpassed only by the battle for
Moscow last year.
In the Nalchik sector, where the
enemy had shifted planes and men
from the siege of Stalingrad, the
outnumbered Russians said their
lines held despite repeated attacks.
Fierce fighting continues" the
noon communique yesterday said.
"All attacks were repealed" The
carnage was reported immense and
10 tanks, 20 loaded ammunition
trucks and 4 armored cars were
declared destroyed. The successful
stand at village came after three
successive retreats.
Russian reinforcements have
crossed the Volga River south of
Stalingrad and fighting has been
resumed in that sector, COM
petent Berlin military quarters
said. 1t appears that the Rus
slams are planning to attack Ger
man occupation forces from the
rear, these quarters said.
The Berlin radio broadcast a
transocean news agency report
quoting informed German quart
ers as saying the 9th Soviet army
had been "annihilated in con-
siderable parts by German and
Rumanian troops in the Terek
sector.
The Nalchik offensive was aimed
at Ordzhonikidze, go miles away al
the head of the road which climbs
to $4,000 feet through the ow-clae
mountains. A previous German of.
fensive farther east at Mozdok in thu
Terek valley had been halted for twt
months and worn out by Russian
attrition.
Don Winter Uniforms.
The Russians admitted Frida,
they had been forced back across {
water barrier-possibly the Ardo1
: River, a tributary of the Terek
This would place the German
: within 40 miles of Ordzhonikidze.
A sure reminder that winter hat
taken command on the central from
before Moscow was found in a Rus
sian order to its army there to pu
on winter uniforms.
The Russians announced also tina
an important railway had been com
pleted in the north to ease the sup
ply problem.
The Germans were said to hav
; withdrawn light tanks from tn
battle of Stalingrad because the
S had been severly mauled by tn
2 long -barreled anti-tank guns. Heav,
y tanks in groups of five to eight re
! placed the lighter machines.
The northern factory sector wher
: the Germans hoped to reach tn
! volga and split the Red Army de
: lenses still was the main area G
e fighting in the skeleton city. Nearl
1000 Germans were said to hav
fallen Friday in six enemy attacks
|, Red Star said the Russians wer
: counter attacking to regain separ
e ate streets.