Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-28
Reds Stem
Stalingrad
Offensive
Armada of Perhaps
600 British Planes
Bomb German Indus
trial Center; Other
Planes Venture Far;
Other War News.

Al armada Of British war
plane perhaps 600 strong
pounded the German rail-air-
Graf center of kaSScl in Il Con
ccn'ratCd and effective" assault
before dawn today. while on
the Russian front the Red
arm''- stCmmcd the naZi drive
against %talingrad with Il temp
est Of defense fire.
Diner British planes flew
l,3"o miles r0md-trip to bomb
Baltic port of Gdvnia i'm naZi-
conGucrcd Poland.
soviet dispatches. while con-
rrdins that the Germans were
battrring N the distant ap-
breaches Of Staiingrad and that
til" battle had reached a stage of
crisis. said 4 naki armored spear
head to the northwest had been
rui o'i and cncircIcd.
la their own Today old cOlIn-
Ter offensive on the central
front the Russians reported they
mad captured heavily fortified
point which may have been
R<hry. key German base 1870
miir> northwest of Moscow. and
crushed attacks by naZi reserves.
y Nlchy radio broadcast asserted
thai General Won Book armies had
reached The last belt Of Notifications
guarding StalIngh'ad. only Is miles
ir"r he great Nolga industriHi city.
oNl TIE report lacked confirmation
n." any other source
s.".lIrs the attack ON ka,scl. 80
mile deeper into Germany than the
HAM and Rhincland cities which
n"'t been the targets oi British mas,
rad. Inc naZi radio said planes at
tt,"I overnight in west central and
n.l:3caSi Germany.
While The broadcast identified the
'Id'"s d> British. the wide sweep ui
In Ii'aCkS indicated that Ru,sla,$
h'H aerial offensive against the rcICn
M'~n' haze accounted for the as
SuI' on the naZiS northeastern
cite.
IN RAf communicate reported
lhc loss of 80 bOmbCrS in the at
tack on KaSScl. whose war fouI-
dries include the great HcnschcI
locomotive works. biggest i'm Eu-
f"pr; the UcnScnc1 aircraft en-
rnhr works. and the FicSSrlcr air
cfdit works, which turns out the
hrN>cr>chmitt fighters.
REPORTS from FOlkcStOnC. on the
En"I. h south coast. said RAF planes
H'I' ,r"hilng across In, channel in
o''''"nl moonlight all through the
night
hE daylight, Raj fighters carried
~ 'H" round thc-cl0ck offensive,
ana observers on the English coast
h,"d a steady drumbIai Of CX-
fI".i"nS rolling back from the naHI-
"'t'HH"d French "invaSion' coast.
'incr reports suggested possible
naval battles were raging IN the Eng
h'I' channel. shroudCd today by heat
i,n"'-. and IN the narrow waters of
W. haltcgat between Sweden and
Denmark.
Heavy gunrirc was heard cut IN
NC channel. and Swedish report {;
'''n 'dnnpnading heard AT Varbcrg
Oh INC west coast of Sweden appear
a. 10 come from warShips Cmbat-
''''i -nln'whCrc in the kattCgat. the
''' German ships would have To
,,d"" !" reach their home bases from
L." North sea.
r'!iuhu niA.t raider we're credit
:" ~ iINB with attacking the Eng
~, cl,Icf Of FolkCSiOnr. Leeds and
luHl
pn IN" Rus ian front. Soviet troops
''i tack deeper into the towering
''"lliln- 81 thC central Caucasus.
'.' ih'rc were indications that Tho
%"Vi'inn was no wore before
",'linGrad and was better before
Moscow.
~ midday. bulletin from Red
""ihN headquarters announced thai
General Thukov'& central armies
"ut'i the enemy in the outskirts
~ H/hcv." the highly important naIl
u'Sr "n the north flank az the old
,."pnlc"nic corridor from Moscow To-
Hupl"usk.
Then without Identifying ihc ONT
w name. the Soviet commurluuc de-
rlIrcd.
W. n'ic sector Oh The western
w" '"WI front. our troop. occupied
." NICm. fortified rlr''. live GcE
mans. hUfI.ng IN reserve, launched