The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
led Armies Captured Height From Italians
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 onrknyR cn the vest and oromi 1t t,lo onst-may De lost.
 ArUsnd KlekskEya. 70 miles north
 t of Gtaiingrad, where the 2.O0C 41sllans were Killed, the Germans
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 Fowang in more and more reserves Ef tanks and infantry in an e6ort fe Gorce a crossing of the Don.
 4ovlst infantry striking behind w9ges of tanks, fought . 12-houY 14ale which finally resulted in the E&pture Of the important height and fae destruction and capture of large 9E1cungt of Axis war materials.
 The newspaper Red Fleet mean vIhile outlined to the Black Sea fleet ! 4iao go1e it can play in the defense G4 t11e Caucasus, harrassing the { GeKmans along the coast and coop 1 eEating with the army by attacking concentrations, depots and moving Situation Serious
 The situation, however, remained l megious in the Salsk area, 100 miles { southeast of RcStov. There, Red Star said, the Russians were wag- { ing heavy defensive battles and had lUtOpped the Germans at some points
 The Galsk area was the only one ! ln which the Russian noon com xnuniQue admitted q withdrawal. 1 T11e ccmmunique summarized the Fighting aS follows:
 KuscheVIa Area: Soviet troops I are fighting bloody battles with the enemy. German troops tried to | force . river crossing several times but were beaten back with heavy l losses"
 1 Kuschevka is 50 miles south of R0Stov.
 salsk are: Soviet troops re- Dulsed fierce attacks, then retreat @d to new positions"
 K1etskAya area: "Soviet troops fought an Italian division support cd by German tanks. All attacks were yepulsed, and up to 2,00O Italians were killed"
 Tho communique said there was lighting around TSimlyanskaya, half way between Rogtov and Stalingrad, during the night, and there was no kGhAnge on other fronts.
 The Russians have beaten off nu- @aeTous attacks by heavy forces of Geynan tanks, motorized infantry md planes. Many inhabited points have frequently changed hands, as the tide of battle surSed back and ! forth.
 "There has been practically no German advance here," Red Star Uaid.
 The famous Don and Kuban Cos sacks recently thrown into the crucial fighting below Rostov, have been especially successful in beat I 9ng off tank attacks, front-line dis patclses said. After stopping Ger lSnAn tank attacks with anti-tank lgulas, they dashed wildly across the tgteppeS on wiry ponies, swinging s&heir deadly sabers and heavily pun ashlng German infantry. ! Around Kletskaya, 75 miles north west of Stalingrad, the Russians kMcce1erated their counter attacks NlrivN the Germans from @ number k0f points and recaptured tactically 1nnportant positions, front-line diS- EpatcheS asserted.
 Swept Behind Enemy Soviet units, sweeping behind the enemy, cut roads running south and tgOsitheast, over which the Germans had been bringing endorsements to the front. Not only did the Rus slang cut these roads in several \ places: they destroyed German de- sachments guarding supply lines, 1t was reported from the front. ! Fiercest Battle The Aercest battle on the front waS raging in its second week for &he important Salsk communica- area. Salsk Is on the Stalingrad- Caucasus railway. Soviet resistance was steadily hardening and there was hope that the drive could be Iwntirely stopped.
 x Tn some places, the Russians have succeeded in checking the en- esny and are inflicting blow for blow" Red Star said.
 One Soviet artillery regiment was geported to have repulsed three att xaclSs and destroyed 12 German tanks, in addition to artillery. One Russian battery defended Q village by itself for 2A hours.
 However, the situation on this sector is very difncult," Red Star said. "Our troops are waging stub- born defensive battles"
 The Russian high command dis patched special congratulations to Inc Cossacls for their extraordinary courage, and awarded many deco- Eations.
 one Cossack unit held of an at- tack by two motorized divisions, { supported by 50 tanks and at least as many planes. Another regiment beat off uninterrupted assaults by two German regiments for three days.
 The Cossacks, who have 8 pen chant for saber and bayonet fight ang. have killed hundreds of Ger mans and Rumanians. On one sec 7 tor,F dispatches said, the enemy threw q regiment of Rumanian cav- airy. O battalion of infantry and IS tanks against one CoSSacK regiment. The whole Rumanian regiment was wiped out.
 Near Kletsyakaya, the Russians were reported to have cut of a big force of German mechanized and motorized forces which penetrated their defense lines around the River Don.
 The Red army threw heavy ring around the Germans to cut of their retreat and prevent their being re- 1nSorced. Soviet planes and artil- 1ery immediately commenced to pound the Germans to death.
 Alternately smashing German at- tAcks and counter-attacEing on the 7 Don bend, the Russians were taking . fearful toll of men, planes and tanks.
 Tn the Kletksya req (75 miles