Evening star., 1942-08-05
Reds Withdraw to
New Positions in
BeIoyo GIino Area
By the Associated Press.

by tDe ASSOCIATED PreSs.
MOSCOW, Aug. 5.-The Ger
mans were reported landing par
achute troops in groups of 100 to
$50 and small tanks in the North
Caucasus today as the hard
pressed Russians withdrew from
the Belaya Glina area to new de-
tense positions in the face of
swarms of German armored
units.
The navy newspaper Red Fleet
said Russian warships in the Sea of
Azov were frustrating efforts of the
Germans to move reinforcements
into the battle south of Rostov by
sea. Russian naval guns we're re-
ported sinking German ships and
shelling German positions along the
shore.
The Nazi parachute troops were
landing with machine guns and
mine throwers besides small tanks.
Red Star said. The parachutists
were dropped close to populated
points or railway stations. Red Star
said the German units hoped to
seize communications until motor
lied help arrived.
Cossack cavalry slipped through
the German lines by night in the
Kushchevka sector and cut down
more than 5000 Germans and
forced the survivors to flee 2 miles,
dispatches said. Russian lines were
reported holding at that point, so
miles south of Rostov, though the
German advance from Belaya Gina
threatened to outf1ank them.
Parachutists Reported Landed.
Parachutists also were being
landed behind the Russian lines in
the Belaya Gina sector, where the
Germans, sending wave after wave
of tanks at the harried Russians,
broke through and forced the
Soviet withdrawal The Germans
were sending groups of so and so
tanks smashing into the Russian
defenses. Belaya Glina is about so
miles northeast of Tikhoretsk.
Naturally, without participation
Of actively defending local popula-
tion, such groups of parachutists
might remain undisclosed for long
time" said Red Star. This may
lead to very serious consequences.
Last year special exterminating
detachments organized from local
populations had great success. They
exterminated hundreds of enemy
parachutists. 1t is necessary to ex-
pand this form of struggle with
German 'chutists."
Try to Paralyze Railways.
Red Star also said the German
air force was striving to paralyze
the Russian railway system in ad-
vance of the Nazi land troops.
The German pattern of attack,
1t said, was to send our Messer-
schmitt fighters to scout for OBJ
jectives. These then sped away to
report to the dive-bombers, which
then appear at intervals as short
rs Is to 80 minutes These bombers
seek to throw railway workers into
a panic by their constant attack,
as well as to destroy all facilities.
Following them comes a force of
small tanks. then heavy tanks on
which automatic rif1emen ride.
The entire Caucasian front was
alive with the Germans battering
their way toward Russias long
desired oil treasures, and the Rus
suians announced another new with
drawal in the Tsimlyansk sector.
1t was there that the Red Army
had been trying to stem the flow of
German reinforcements over newly
established Don River bridgeheads.
More Firmness Urged.
The entire nation was aware of
the fast-developing and critical
situation in the Caucasus and the
newspaper Pravda, in a message
to soldiers and civilians alike, ap-
pealed: More firmness and stub
borness and the enemy will be
stopped
Izvestia described the situa ton
as tense, with the Germans con-
centrating superior numbers OF
troops and large tank forces in the
Belaya Glina area while dive bomb
ers rained bombs on the weary Rus
sian defenders. The paper added
without explanation that Russian
strength is growing and that the
southern commanders realize the
German offensive must be stopped
The German pressure was heavy
too at Kushchevka, where the Rus
SLAMS have fought stubbornly and
unyieldingly and now face the pos
S1hilitu of being cut off by German