The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-04
Extreme Cold, Fog Fail to to Hamper Relentless
 Russian Attack
  GERMAN RESISTANCE IN PLACES STRONGER Vigorous Counter Attackg Fail to Prevent Reds Driving Enemy Back
BY M. $. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent.

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 Moscow, December 4. =. (UP) - Front reports today said that a powerful force ot Cossack cavalry has swept deep into the German rear southwest of Stalingrad, forcing the Nazis to evacuate several sections of the Stal- ingrad Tikoretsk railroad. Despite cold which hampered all military operations and fog which grounded portions of the Red Air force, the Russian striking force was said to have driven far behind Nazi advance positions along the rail route leading from Stalingrad toward the Caucasus.
 (The Nad Radio at Paris quoted had launched several new strong German reports that the Russians attacks despite temperatures more than 20 degrees below freezing. The Russians were said to be thrusitng both tank and cavalry forces into the area between the Volga and the Don and around the great ben6 of the Don.
 Pace Slows Up
 German resistance in the Stalin- grad area and counter-Attacks al some poirfs along the front were said to have slowed the pace o1 Russian advances at some points.
 In Stalingrad city and in the sec- tors northwest and southwest of it. the Germans are fighting desper- ately to hold their positions and disrupt the Russian drive by means of persistent counter attacks, and they are counter-attacking also on the central front west of Moscow.
 The biggest counter-attacks have been made northwest of Stalingrad where the Germans are in a dan gerous position east of the Don river with Russian troops attacking deep inside their lines.
 A dispatch to the Army newspa- per Red Star said. however. that despite the counter attacks the Russians were slowly forcing the enemy from position after position and had captured a new and i'm porant hill in yesterdays fighting after breaking through a series of defense lines.
 Many groups of Germans trying to filter in the Russian lines in parties of 30 10 40 have been wiped out.
 The fighting in Stalingrad city has slowed to some extent, the dis patches said.
 Tn the northern factory area &C., ton was confined largely to scout activities and sporadic artillery and mine thrower duels.
 Nevertheless Soviet scouts were able to take some gun emplace- ments and dugouts. Red Star re. ported.
 Snow. Fog Blamed
 Dispatches indicated that one big reason for the slowing of the Rus sian drive at Stalingrad was snow. fogs and low ceilings which ham, pered the Russian air forces in thm area. It was necessary fnr tAM planes to operate singly or in pain flying at only 10 to IS yards above the battle area.
 Today's noon communique. giving prominent mention to artillery &C., ton in which the guns bombardec enemy defense points to soften them for a renewed advance, showed the change due to the German counter actions:
 Stalingrad city: factory area Russian troops exchanged fire and secuted. Artillery smashed eight dugouts and block houses and de- stroyed three field guns. IS machine guns and 300 Germans. Trench mor- tars dispersed enemy infantry and motor vehicles.
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