Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-27

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scof1ed meanwhile at German boasts
OF terrifying new weapons" de-
scrlbed by Berlin as flame throwing
tanks capable of spouting a flame
over a f1ve-story building and
electrically-operated machine guns
capable of firing 5000 bullets a
minute.
Germany has no such weapons
this official announcement said
aoolng that the Nazis reported them
IN action only to divert attention of
the German home front from ire
mendous losses before Stalingrad,
Stalingrad Deals Hard Blow.
Overnight, the Stalingrad garrison
btfuck out hard. dislodging the Ger
mans from four large blocks in the
northern part and killing $50 in this
and other clashes in the town the
MIDDAY communique said.
Red troops extended their advance
curing the night northwest of Stain
grad and wiped out 1000 foemen and
captured much booty, the war bull
ietin also said. Sixty-six German
tanks and Is planes were reported
destroyed in another sector.
To the southwest further success
ful offensive operations were re-
ported, with 600 killed.
Last nights communicates gave
picture OF the Russians headed east
ward in an advanced phase of
great clrcling movement aimed at
plnnlng the besiegers into the As
mlle-wide strip between the Don and
the Volga and then driving them
against the bayonets of the logged
stalingrad garrison.
Inc f1uld state of the lines west
and northwest of Stalingrad and the
lack OF strategic details in the COM
munlques made it impossible to say
now near the Russians were to COM
pletlng this trap, but Russian re-
ports indicated they not only had
cut the Germans only two rail lines
INTO the city, but also had severed
many, If not large majority, of all
the highway avenues of supply and
escape
1E,OOO More Prisoners Taken,
But 1t seemed equally clear from
the continued strength of the in
Haders within Stalingrad that the
Germans had decided not to meet
their problem by withdrawal, but
preferred to try to check the Soviet
columns on the steppes west of the
city and ultimately restore their
shredded lines.
Last nights special communicate
said 1900 more prisoners were
taken yesterday About 1000 were
killed, the dispatches indicated.
The high ratio of captured to killed
apparently indicated the success of
the fast-moving Soviet columns en-
circlement thrusts that bypass
strong points and surround field de-
tachments. 1t also might mean
weakening of Axis morale under the
dual impact of fierce fire and shriv-
cling cold, Russian reports said.
Recapltulating offensive gains, the
communicate said the Russians had
captured 1853 guns, 1851 machine
guns, $4,000 rifles, 1920 tanks both
damaged and in working order; 5000
horses and 1o8 supply dumps.
Official reports again failed to say
which of the many towns taken fell
to the army which struck from the
south and which were captured by
the one from the northwest, but it
appeared that the latter had made
the most sweeping gains, appar-
emily striking some lis miles south
from below Kletskaya to Surovik-
hino and then swinging eastward to
drive the enemy back across the
Don toward Stalingrad.
Towns reported taken to the
northwest of Stalingrad included
Krasnoye, Syelo and Generalov.
Those in the Don bend included
Kalachkin, Perepolny. Nizhny and
Atapov and to the southwest Yagod-
ney, Skylarov. Gromoslavak and
Darganov as we'll as several other
villages.