Evening star., 1942-10-09
Foe Intensifies
Assaults on
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BERLIN SILENT on Stalingrad
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BY the Associated Press,

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BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Oct. 9.-The Ger
mans have carried their invasion
into the Kalmyck region, which
extends south of Stalingrad
along the Volga to the Caspian
Sea, it was reported today.
An 1zvestia dispatch from Astra-
khan, Caspian port city at the
month of the Volga, disclosed for
the first time that the enemy had
entered the Kalmyck territory, an
autonomous area along the west
side Of the river, south of Stain
grad.
This indicated developing action
on the German right flank across
the steppes between the Don and
the lower Volga.
(Elista, in the western part OF
OF the Kalmyck area, about 1870
miles west of AStrakhan, was
reported by the Germans to have
been captured several weeks ago.
Fresh Forces Overrun Streets.
Meanwhile, the Germans were re-
ported intensifying their efforts to
rip through Stalingrad's defense to
the Volga, with fresh assault forces
overrunning two streets in a north
western industrial suburb where an
earlier push had been repulsed.
Nazi artillery batteries wheeled
into line to support the vanguard
OF tanks and infantrymen. German
planes carried the bombing of the
besieged garrison into its 46th day.
(There was no official comment
on Berlin intimation that the
assault operations were to be
dropped in favor of lombard
ment, but all Soviet reports indi-
Gated unabated fighting. For the
first time since the siege of
Stalingrad began IS days ago
the German high command to-
day omitted any reference to the
fighting for the Volga city)
The army newspaper Red Star
said numerically superior enemy
forces launched a local offensive
against the workers settlement
Wednesday and finally acieved
break-through that led to the occu-
patton of two streets.
Its dispatch declared the German
aim was to break through to the
river and cut the Red Army in two,
but praised the garrison troops with
a statement that they were Defend
ing every yard of land valiantly.
Offensive operations were main
tanned by Red Army forces against
the German flank northwest of
Stalirfgrad and a fresh penetration
OF the Nazi Notifications was an
nounced.
One detachment broke into en-
emy trenches, killed about 100 Ger
mans in hand-to-hand fighting and
captured four machine-guns, three
mortars and an anti-tank gun," the
noon communique said.
The newspaper Izvestia pictured
the city as beacon of smoke and
flame as it neared the close of the
seventh week of siege, incessant
cannonading marking the struggle
for decision.
Meet Five or Six Attacks Daily.
Some Red Army units in the en-
battled factory settlement are called
on to meet five or six attacks daily,
IZvestia said.
The noon communique told of
one such phase. in which Soviet
troops repulsed four enemy attacks,
destroyed two tanks and wiped out
about a company of German in
fantry."
In another sector" it said. "12
tanks and an enemy infantry bat
talon broke through into one street,
but were forced to retreat to their
original positions by Soviet troops,
who knocked out nine tanks and
wiped out about two companies of
Germans"
Communicates reported the re-
pulse of other attacks in sectors of
the Central Caucasus, the central
tMoscow), northwestern and Lenin:
grad fronts.
A guerrilla detachment was cred
tied with derailment of Is German
trains in the Orel region south of
MOSCOW during September.