The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-16
Most Frightful Fight
 Goes On At Stalingrad
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 The Germans were attacking with a ferocity perhaps never before equaled on the western - frontal ' approach to Stalingrad and the Vol ga river line. They assaulted with an undiminshed fury on the south- west approach, and slightly less ferociously on the northwest.
 Dented Soviet Lines
 Dispatches said the Germans dent- ed Soviet lines at various points and tried to develop the dents into considerable wedges, but Soviet counter-attacks from the Hanks finally dislodged them in most places and the lines were resealed.
 Tommy gunners made several deep penetrations, but most also were wiped out. One particularly large group of tommy -gunners was surrounded and killed to the last man.
 Southwest of Stalingrad, large tank and infantry formation sup ported by fighters and bombers breeched Russian lines to a consid- erable depth, but retreated after ex- tremely heavy attacks on their ex- posed Hanks.
 west of Stalingrad, Soviet troops continued tense battles" the Soviet noon communique said. "Concen- trating infantry, tanks and a con- siderable number of aircraft on a narrow sector, the Germans launched a number of attacks and at the cost of heavy losses succeed ed in advancing somewhat.
 Soviet artillery and tank busters destroyed six German tanks. In the last "A hours, Soviet airmen and an- ti-aircraft gunners have destroyed 35 German planes.
 Southwest of Stalingrad, one of our units repelling enemy attacks destroyed two tanks, several arm- ored cars and about one battalion of German infantry. On another sector, Commander Chirikin's unit dipped out 200 of the enemy and destroyed five German tanks, 10 lorries and one artillery battery"
 Refuse To Retreat
 The Russians probably averted major disaster by refusing to re- treat when the big wedge was driv- en into their lines on the south western approach, near an nhabit- ed point
 German fighters and bomters opened road for the tanks to blow through, and heavy forces of in- fantry followed. Not retreating, the Russians smote the enemy's Hanks, hammered and harried the tanks until they had to disperse and cut of the infantry, to keep it from re- establishing communications with the tanks.
 The infantry finally managed to extricate itself and retreat. The tanks finally withdrew and the Rus sian lines were reformed.
 The noon communique mentioned fighting in the Novorossisk area for the first time since the fall of that Black Sea naval base was acknow- ledged last weekend.
 Southeast of Novorossisk, one of our units in three days fighting, annihiliated about one battalion of enemy infantry" it said.
 This indicated that the defenders of Novorrossisk were now holding the coastal road that runs southeast through the naval base of Tuapse, through Sukhum, and ends at the port of Batum on the Russian Turkish frontier.
 Still reporting on fighting south east of Novorossisk, the communi- que said:
 Sailors of the, Black Sea fleet launched a counter blow against enemy positions. Four disabled tanks, six anti aircraft guns, 10 trucks and 20 carts loaded with war supplies remained on the battle field"
 An artillery detachment" of the Baltic fleet, the communique said, made several assaults on enemy positions and destroyed some artil- lery batteries. Snipers of this de- tachment killed 70 Germans.
 In the Mozdok area of the eastern Caucausus, the communique said, Soviet troops repulsed an enemy at tack, destroyed six tanks and wiped out company of infantry. Soviet airmen destroyed four tanks and 100 trucks of troops and supplies.
 The Germans, who had forced the Terek River to get at the Grozny oil fields nearby, were taking hammering on the south bank. The Russians had trapped the first forces that got across. Since, the Germans had got endorsements across, and it was not indicated that these were being roughly handled.
 Berlin, September 16 - (German Broadcast Recorded by UP in New York) = Russian forces defending Voronezh, 300 miles north of Stall ingrad, have resumed their attacks against the encircling German army with major forces" but on the Stalingrad front the Nazi troops continue to make more territorial gains in bitter fighting" the high command said today.
 CHERBOURC HIT