Evening star., 1942-09-13
Russians Fall Back Southwest
Of StoIingrod, Hold Elsewhere;
New Jap Raids on SoIomons Fail
10000 Nozis Killed
Before City in Lost
Few Doys, Reds Soy
By EDDY GILMORE,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

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The Russians have fallen back
from one point southwest oi
Stalingrad before the massed
blows of German tanks and mo-
torized troops, but elsewhere the
Soviet legions are holding their
own in bitter-end fighting which
has cost the Germans at least
10000 men killed before the city
In the last few days
Another 5000 German soldiers
have been killed or wounded in
sharp fighting on the Volkhov front
southeast Of Leningrad, where the
Germans were reported hurled back.
The Russians revealed the first
dent since Friday In their positions
before Stalingrad in the following
phrases in the midnight COM
u1unique:
Southwest OF Stalingrad tense
fighting took place with enemy
tanks and mechanical troops.
Soviet forces evacuated one inhab-
tied locality"
Checked After Advance.
AS the greatest and undoubtedly
the bloodiest battle of this war went
into its 18th day, the Russians an
nounced they. had once more
stopped the Germans on the critical
area west of the city, where the
Germans advanced in frontal as
saults last week until their war
machine was halted Friday.
Thousands of German soldiers
the Russians said again the invad-
ers were numerically superior to
the defenders-dashed against the
Russian defenses in continuous at
tacks without gaining ground, the
communique revealed.
The communique declared:
German Fascist troops are con-
tinuously attacking our positions.
Soviet troops are repulsing at
tacks launched by the numerically
superior enemy forces"
Southwest of Stalingrad, it was
officially reported, 5000 Germans
have been wiped out" in the last
five days; west of Stanngrad about
1000 Germans have been killed.
Another Area Developing.
The communique did not mention
the northwest sector. where the
Germans have increased their pres
sure IN the last day or two.
With the city of Stain perilously
besieged from three sides, it was
disclosed that another area of sharp
fighting has developed far to the
north.
In the area Of Sinyavino, rail-
way town on the west side of the
Volkhov River below Leningrad, the
Russians said the Germans have
thrown in large forces of reserves,
but that all Nazi attacks were
stopped and thrown back.
The enemy lost in killed and
wounded about 5000 men," the COM
munique said of this new battle
area.
The sinking of an enemy subma-
rine in the Barents Sea was an
r1ounced by the Russians. No de-
tails were given.
Mortar Batteries Destroyed.
At the southern end of the front
In the Mozdok area where the
SHOWS Of approaching winter al
ready have fallen on the Caucasian
Mountains, the Russians said they
were fighting the enemy on the
southern back of a river (pre.
sumably the Terek).
Soviet artillerymen DESTROYED
three mortar batteries and wiped
out a company of enemy infantry
the communique said.
There the Germans seek the
Grozny oil fields.
In fighting that ragged early yes
terday, the Russians had stopped
cold all of the attacks by the mer
of Nazi Marshal Fedor Won Book.
Everywhere the approaches to the
Russian positions were Uttered with
carnage and smoking, twisted Ger
man machines. The army newspape,
Red Star declared German losses al
Stalingrad were the largest of the
war and declared the Fascists liter.
ally were "wading knee deep IL
blood" at places.
Fresh Nazi Reserves.
AS the Germans fell, fresh reserve.
drawn from other fronts rushed intt
the breaches under orders of Hitler
to take the industrial city, regardless
of cost. Overhead, the sky was dark
ened by hundreds of dive-bomber
supporting crawling masses of tanks
spearheading the infantry masses.
CThe Germans said heavy
fighting continued within the
Notifications" of Stalingrad, but
(See RUSSIA, Page A-1o.)