The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-30
Positions Won in Pas Six Days Now Are We'll
 Consolidated THREE VILLAGES ARE
 RETAKEN BY REDS Germans Make } Small Ad- vances in Stalingrad
 Industrial Section
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff COrrespondentD

Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndentD
 Moscow, October 30. -. (UP) = Powerful forces of Red infantry, tanks and bomberS today were reported to have flung the Germans further back south of Stal- ingrad, and to have captured three villages and seized the outskirts of a fourth. Red Star, Soviet Army organ. said the Russians had to smash stern resistance and fierce counter attacks in their renewed drive into the German right flank.
 The Russians opened a relief Of- fensive against the Germans south of Stalingrad about 10 days ago, and in the first six days drove them beyond a range of hills on Stalin- grads southern outskirts, killing 1000 and destroying 160 tanks.
 The Russians had paused to con- Solidate positions won in the first phase of the drive, and now were pushing on again in an effort t0 draw some of the pressure away from northern Statngrad.
 To Storm Village
 Soviet forces were preparing to stot.n the Village into whose out- skirts they had driven, and which they had held against all counter 
 Fighting with their backs to the Volga, the defenders of Stalingrad have beaten back every attack against an industrial section in the northern part of Stalingrad, and destroyed 16 German tanks, the Soviet noon commuriique said.
 Tn the Stalingrad area, there was fierce fighting" it asserted "A German battalion l,O00 menl repeatedly attacked. The Russians repelled them and held their posi- tions. In the area of factories, Ger man tanks attacked. Soviet tanks barred the way. One rammed an enemy tank, whcreupon the re- mainder of the Soviet tanks charged. Despite numerical super iority, the enemy tanks were unable to make a stand and withdrew. Soviet tanks destroyed 16 of the German tanks"
 Three Small Gains
 The Germans have made thres slight gains-one yesterday of 50 to 100 yards-during the last sev- eral days in the industrial district. While none was serious in itself, the aggregate was a serious threat to the outnumbered defenders.
 Marshel Seymon Timoshenk0's re- lief offensive northwest of Staiin- grad also gained slightly. Soviet attachments penetrated German lines during the night and wiped out in hand to hand battle and with grenades 160 Germans. Soviet ar- tillery on another sector dispersed a large concentration of infantry preparing to attack, the noon coza~ nunique said.
 Following up their successes ln the blizzard-swept western Cauca- sus. Soviet forces captured . etrat- egic height northeast Of Tuapse naval base. killed 1000 Axis troops and captured piles Of booty. Antt- aircraft guns shot down three Ger man plarcs.
 Pressure At Nalehik
 But German pressure grew steads fly on the new Naiehlk battlefront in the eastern Caucasus, and the Soviet high command aclgnoWled~ ged the third retreat ln as many days.
 The Russians were fighting fa~ creasing numbers Of tanks and ln~ fantFy in the Nalchlk area, fronf~ line dispatches said. and German planes frequently bombed the Hils-
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