The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Soviets Are Making
 Biz Counter-Attacks
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 From Russian Front
 Moscow, July IS 15.-(UP)-Ger- man assault troops stormed over mountains of corpSes" in decisive effort to envelope Vorenezh ard Russian shock troops were counter attacking furiously, the newspaper Pravda said today as fighting on strategic sectors spread from the Don river bend to Leningrad.
 The gravity of the enemy threat to Stalingrad and Rostov continued unabated for the moment the great est Axis pressure appeared to be centered on Voronezh.
 Front line dispatches reported these developments:
 Voronezh-Russian counter-at- tackS attempt to break up enemy assaults over ground that is crim- son with blood" but "a supreme menace hangs over Voronezh," &C., cording to Pravda, which called for an unprecedented effort that would push the Germans back across the Don.
 Central front-Soviet planes raid- ed four large German airports sirn- ultaneously, destroying no enemy craft. The same air unit in five days has shot down another 107 enemy planes in combat.
 Don River Bend-Heavy fighting continues within less than 90 miles of Rostov (which Nazi planes heav- fly bombed last night) and less than 190 miles from Stalingrad, with the Russians giving ground. (Berlin claimed rapid advances had cut be- hind the Russians and severed their rearlines.)
 Kalinin German pressure renewed 125 miles northwest of Moscow in Rzhev sector, where re- | Inducements have arrived. Rus sians have killed 2,00O and wrecked 54 tanks in one sector in last two days of fighting in heavily wooded area. Eighty three German para i chutists dropped on Tuesday were all wiped out.
 Leningrad front--stiff local fight ing renewed on the Volkhov front, north of Lake linen, where the Rus- sians inflicted substantial loss- eS on the ene1ay and improved pos- 1tionS in surprise attack that cap- tured 8 German stronghold. Ger- man counter-attacks fail.
 Counter Attack
 In the Voronezh battle, the Rus SianS launched series of strong counter attacks on Tuesday, reduc- inC the speed of the German steam roller and regaining one large in- habited point west of the city. Some German units were driven back to the Don, according to the Red Star.
 1'he retreating Germans at one point blew up an important railroad bridge. These counter-thrusts also forced the enemy to dig in at some points west of the city, hastily building pill boxes and digging trenches. A number of villages changed hands in attack and count er-attack and one German bridge head across the Don was wiped out by Soviet artillery. The Germans restored it during the night. A later dispatch to Fravda, how ever, said that the battle around and in the streets of Voronezh had entered a decisive phase with the Germans Storming the northern and southern outskirts. in an encircling operation.
 Large enemy tank units already are fighting within the region of the city" and flame thrower units have attacked along many outlying streets. More than 1000 German tanks and several infantry divisions were reported taking part in the storming of the city, but Pravda said some divisions had simply withered away" under Russian fire.
 The third motorized division under Nazi Gen. Schluper was in action only one day before being withdrawn due to casualties and re- placed by the 168th Division, which since has suffered tremendous losses" Pravda said.
 The Germans, however, hold num- erical superiority on the Voronezh sector and still are pourng n re- serves, many enterng the battle as soon as they arrve from dstant rear bases or from France.
 "The situation is extraordinarily grave" Pravda sad.
 On Egyptian Front
 Cairo, July IS. = (UP) - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has thrown his axis tank and infantry forces into third attempt to break the British front at the Hill of Jesus on tn, coastal end of the Alamein line, a communique said today.
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