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La gaceta., 1942-10-03

rumana, que habia avanzado
por la costa desde la peninsu-
la de Taman. en- septiembre,
la sufrido enormeS bajas.
Dicese que el general Anto-
ne>eu, primer ministro de Ru-
mania, lie ha pedido a Hitler
que solo use las tropas ruma-
mas EN- la costa del Mar Negro.
Russia ACADIA de contestar de-
rrotando a los rumanos.
La a%rtilleria de Stalingrado,
base de la d~efensa, mantiene
u terrible y effective fuego.
Durante la nOche siguen a.
tacando las tropas sovieticas,
cuando los nazis no pueden u
sar, commandments, ell apo
yo de los tanques y la aviaci6n
En- esta semana, los tanques
rojos evitaron las llamas del
enemigo, en- una OCCASION, des-
puGs de media noche, penetra-
ron EN- las trincheras y estable
cierOn nuevas LineaS.
La guarnici6n de Leningra-
do refuerza sus po~siciones y A.
guarda ell asalto que los nazis
vienen anunciandO.
FL pueblo We como buen au-
gurio que las hojas verdes per
manecen en- los arboleS. Esta
es una antigua superstition.
Todas las hoisa cayeron tenn
prano ell otoho pasado.
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pultaron en- ell man otros Qua
tro. Los bombarderos y cazas
de escolta derribaron seis a
paratos Cero de los japoneses,
en- ell territorio ocupado por
los agresores al oeste de las
islas Aleutianas.
A los sumergibles Sc les a
creditan un buQue madre de
hidroaviones, un vapor de car
ga Y pasajeros, de gran tama-
no, un barco de carga de gran
tamano y dos vapores de car
ga de medianas preparedness.
Tn tanque tambi6n fue averia
do.
La marina acredita a la avia
ci6n del ej6rcito, en- ataques
efectuados en- dos dias, domin-
go y %lunes, ell probable hundi-
miento de un submarine y un
transporte, un transporte y un
barco de carga averiados.
Los cuatrimotores "Libera-
dores" atacaron ell pa ado do
mingo a Kiska y derribaron un
GAIA. La niebla no permiti6 a.
preciar los dahos causados a
los objetivos.
Hasta la fecha los submari-
nos llevan hundido. en- el Pa
cifico "A barcos del enemigo,
probablemente hundidos 10 y
averiados %.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03
IDBNTIFICADA LA SENORA
QUE Sc CAYERA DESDE
Ell 150 PISO

Miami, oct. 3.-La sonora
que sc cayera desde ell 150 piso
de un hotel local, fu6 Identified
da anoche como Ann l.. Mitch
ell, de 40 amos, esposa que fue-
ra de ROBBIE l.. Mitchell, MEM
bro de la firma de prcminentes
abogados bonistas Misslich y
Mitchell.
La mujer Sc suicide. scgin la
anotaci6n hecha en- los libros de
la policia.
Obtuvo la Sra. Mitchell un di-
vorcio, alegando extrema cruel
dad, ell pasado dia 10 de julio.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03

Palabras que duelen, por Guam
to Sc ajustan a la realidad, las
que aver dijera, de vista en-
Tampa, Ell almirante Hart,
Hablamos mas de dinero, de
''hacer dinerO', de llenarnos los
bolsillos, que de ganar la guerra.
Miramos a los soldados como
81 no fueran nuestros hijos, a
migos, hermanOs y c%onciudada-
nos.
Avaricia, indiscreci6n, exec
$685.. y parece no dolernos la
Sangre que los NUESTROS de-
rraman.
Y en- TODD ESQ, en- laindiferen-
cha, en- los excesos, en- los alar-
des... hay mucha crueldad y po-
co patriotismo.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03

Ell Times de Londres, ell anti
quo diario conservad0r, apoya
con estas razones la demanda
del Segundo Frente: los alta
ques de flancO, en- dos frentes,
derrotaron a los alemanes en- la
primera guerra mundial porque
aunque un flanco fu6 eliminado
este no sc hizo con la rapidez
impreScindible Y los reforza-
dos ej6rcitos Aliados lograron
resistir los gC,pes alemanes en-
81 verano de 1913 y marchar a
la victoria en- el segundo frente
en- el Oeste; los naZis, todavia
mas que ell impario, deben evil
tar un segundo frente por GUAM
to clos mantienen un dominic
INSECURE sobre pueblos q. seran
rudos enemigOs potensiales una
vez q. ell dominador sea presto
nado; Russia, habiendo deshecho
los calculos de Hitler en- 1871,
tiene una razonable buena pers
pectiva de contrariarlos de nue.
70 y mantener al enemigo apar-
tado de sus principles objeti-
vos...
ESQ 10 dice ell THE Times of
London, heraldo mayor de los
conservadores b~ritanicos.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03

Los ciudadanos de apeMidoS
cubanoS, espanOles e italianOs,
en- Tampa, contribuimos, dentro
de ~nuestros recursos, al esfuer-
20 de guerra.
MuchoS de nuestros amigos,
familiares y convecinos visten
Cos gloriOsos uniformes del ejer-
otto y la marina.
Dentro de la relativa pobreza
de Ia mayoria, sentimos profun-
damente, muy profundamente,
Ia causa de Estados Unidos y
las Naciones Unidas.
va algunos de los NUES-
TVROS, de nuestros apellidos,
han sacrificado Sus vidaS.
Estamos orgullosos de poder
contribuir a la victoria, aunque
sabemos que la mala educaci6n
de algnos, de apellidOs ingleSes,
les lleva a no comprender que
todos somos hermanos.
Cargados de maldad v prejui-
clos, ciertos senores de apellidos
ingleses, menos americanos en-
ell sentimiento que los de apelli-
dos cubanos, eSpanOles e italia
nos, insisten en- dividir a los ciu-
dadanos en- "clases'.
Green los mai in~tencionadoS
que ell americanismo, ell amor a
la America del Norte, el amor a
las Americas, Sc mide por los a
pelidos.
Los "sadistas" de apelidos
ingleses, una minoria, insisten
en- Greer que ellos son superio-
res a los ciudadanOs de apelli-
dos '1atinos'.
Ash 10 piensan y algunos asi
10 dicen, en- lugares publicos,
cuando sc embriagan.
La TERRA pertenecia a los in
dos y les fue arerbatada. Sc la
quitaron los espanoles, los ingle-
ses y sus descendientes.
iDieron como excusa que de-
seaban bautizar a los indigenas,
hacerlos cristianos, y civilizar-
los.
Todos fuimos piratas... y aho
ra insistimos, conservando vie
Jos defectos, en- molestarnos y
antagonizarnos.
Tanto vale ell ciudadano de a
pellido espanol, sea cubanO o de
origen espanol, como ell ciudada
no de apellido ingles.
Ash 10 reconocen la Constitu'
ci6n Y las leyes en- vigor; perc
los cargados de odio, sin poder
rechazar los derechos legitimos
V dicen: Nj osotros somos los
mejores...!
Todos los hombres honrados
Y decentes scmos iguales... jpor
que permitir que derramen su
veneno los e~npehados en- divi'
dir Y desmoralizar.
Juntos ccmbaten nuestros hi.
jos y juntos moriran o VENICE
ran.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03

Nos dicen que Armando del
Moral, en- I'm articul0 publicado
en- Mexico, halla de Gandli CO.
mo 81 fuese igual a Petain...
En- esa nueva "vito,a'', Ell io-
ven republican, espanol "se va
gordo'.
Existe un abismo entire Pc
tain, reaccionario de siempre,
~ Ganrhi, que lucha por Ia liber-
tad de su pueblo.
iNo PCdamos coTprender CO
mo un soldadO de la Rspdblica,
que combatiera frente al fascis-
mo international y condenara
la indiferencia de los paises de
mocratico, in,ulta a Gandhi has
ia ell punto de coiocarlo en- el mis-
mo nivel del yiejo mariScal que
colabora con los nazis Y lie estre-
cha la mano a Pierre Laval!
iQuiza nuestro informante no
haya leido bienl
La gaceta., 1942-10-03

Aprob6 ell Senado, aver, la
ley que autoriza al jefe de esta-
do a fijar precios, j~ornaleS y
sueldos. Ley para evitar que la
inflaci6n crezca, como un can
Ger, y destruya nuestra vitali-
dad.
Los trabajadores Sc mostra-
ron de acuerdo con la MEDIA,
e~stimandola nacesaria para a
yudar al esfuerzo de guerra. El
"bloque" campesino hizO una
fuerte resistencia; pero al fin
entr6 en- la raz6n.
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Sc ESTREIL 10 FfN FL MAR
UN AVON DE GAIA

Cerca del Terraplen Davis So
estrell6 aver en- el mar I'm ayi6n
d ecaza que maneia6e Il sargen
to photo Kerold G. Kern, dc,ta-
cado en- el aer6drOmo del CON
dado de Pinellas.
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Ahondaron SUI penetration en- ell
flanco aleman los soldados rojos
La artilleria rusa puso en- fuga a una columna de
tanques.-Mantiene SUI violento y Elective fuego
la artilleria de Stalingrado

MoscG, Octubre 3.-LoS sol
dadoS rojoS ahondaron su pc
netraci6n EN- al flancO nazl, al
norte de Stalingrado, apode-
randoSe de una Iona fortified
da. y de nuevo obligaron al e.
ucmigo a %retirarse en- una san
grlenta batalla so>tenida en-
las GALES de la "ciudad de- a
cero.'
La nota Official dice: "Nues-
uas tropas lograron abrirse
paso, limpiando de individuos
los edificios que ell enemigo te
MIA m Su poder.'
Lo, despaehos de hoy refle-
Jan una pequena pOrci6n de
optimismo, pOr cuanto las tro-
pas de TimOshenko t0man la
iniciativa en- un sector deSpues
de otro. "Estrella Roja' decla-
IA que los nazis pierden, cada
24 horaS, de 1000 a 5000 y
que tOdas SuS fortificaciones
son abatidas. Nuevas cunas Sc
han metido Ell las defensas de
los %invasores, dentro y fuera
de la ciudad.
En- ell flanco norte, donde ell
eiercito russo ha venido atacan
do una barrera de 40 millas
que proteje "A la mayor fuerza
agresora, los soldados rojos to
maron por asalto una altura
estrategica donde los nazis ha
bian enterrado 1870 tanques y
dcsde ellos hacian fuego.
Ell enemigo Sc vic obligadO a
retirar tropas del interior de
Ia ciudad y mandarlas al nor
te. donde contradiction las
divisiones soviGticas. Las tro-
pas de cheques rusas Sc apode
raron de trincheras, nidos de
ametraIladoras, cajas de pildo
ras y mataron a 100 nazls'
Completada esta tarea, los ru-
SOS avanzaron hacia nuevas
po,iciones, mientras que los
nazis, aparentemente creyen-
do que las fuerzas de asalto Sc
habian atrincheradO, manda-
ron bombarderos de picada a
lamar bombas, durante varias
horas, sobre las trincheras.
La division de guardias del
Soviet, que no Sc llama Elite
nj admite lie lame ash, cargo
contra un flanco de la cuna in
vasora y los alemanes Sc reti-
raron dejando tirados en- ell
campo centenares de muert0s
~ heridos.
Informa "Izvestia" que la
artilleria rusa puSo en- fuga a
una columna de tanques alema
mes que habia p%enetrado en- un
barrie de trabajadores.
En- las GALES Sc libran violen
tos combates cuerpo a cuerpo.
Una compania de rifleros au-
Tomatoes nazis fuG extermi-
NADIA en- una secci6n. Las anne
tralladoras rusas hicieron fue-
go sobre ellos, emplazadas en-
ell techo de una casa.
Al sur de la ciudad las tro-
pas rojas Sc retiraron bajo un
ataque de 80 tanques. Perdi0
ell enemigo 10 de estos apara-
tos.
Los marinos de la escuadra
roja destruyeron una punta de
lama de los alemanes a corta
distancia de N~oyorossi k.
La infanteria rusa, armada
con Observation-Disclosures, ROM
pi6 las alambradas del eneml-
go, en- ell frente de Vorozneh,
aniquilando a una compania.
Dentro de las defensas alema-
mas &c mantiene ell combate.
Todos los ataques alemanes
en- el vale de Terek, parte cen
tral del Caucaso, Sc e%strellan
contra la resistencia de "gra-
nito" de los soldados roios.
La Tercera Division Alpha
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lie cancelaron la carta de ciu-
dadania al italiano fascista
Trom5etta, que amparaba sus
actos a~ntidemocraticos en- un do
cumento obtenido por medic de
la mentira.
Decis que amaba a su patria
La gaceta., 1942-10-03
Ell TEMPO

Temperature propia de la
estaci6n. Minima, a las 8 de la
ma1ana, 68 grades.
La gaceta., 1942-10-03
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
Ell almirante Hart fustiga. = Apellidos, demo
cracia y americanismo = Trombetta perdio la
ciudadania. = Petain y Gandhi. - "The Times
Of London"

adoptiva, a Estados Unidos, y
colaboraba, quiza para ganar
dinero, con los enemigos del pue
bio americana.
Todos los traidores, y hay mu
chos de apellidos irgieSes, como
los hay de apellidos espanoles,
deben ser deSenmascaradOS.
~ la TRACTION severamente
castigada!
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08

cessive Prussian kings) and above all to the
fatherland, whose constitution he swore to
uphold when he was twice elected President.
Obeyed Emperor's Call
1t was this spirit of the man that, despite
heavy misgiving, made him obey the En-
peror's summons to become the chief Of staff
over all the military forces of the Central
Powers when their ultimate defeat already
doomed on four horizons and the endurance
Of their starving populations appeared near
its end.
Above all it was this spirit that made
Hindenburg stick to his men, when revolu-
ton broke out in interior Germany and the
Kaiser and Crown Prince, giving up their
cause, fled to Holland. In obedience to his
imperial masters last behest and to the In
finite relief of the inexperienced revolution
airy leaders in the rear, Hindenburg in
mastery fashion led home a retreating army
of millions.
It was in admiration for the brilliant exc
cution of this most thankless Of military feats
that Hindenburg's most redoubtable foe,
Marshal Foch, told Lloyd George that Luden-
dorff was an able general, but Hindenburg
more than that, was a good soldier and a
brave patriot.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08

The widespread belief that the Romans
invented spectacles for reading has been
proved by excavations to be erroneous.
Whether the Chinese did or not, is also a
mooted question. At all events, H. L. Taylor
has recently shown in an exhaustive investi-
cation that the invention of eye glasses
primarily crystals-for the correction of de-
fective vision was probably due to accident.
Until about 1000 years before the Christ
ian era, ivory and soapstone were employed
for the setting of ornaments. Later they
were replaced by onyx and agate. This led
to the discovery Of the variations in the field
of vision by the employment of crystal.
Lensiform pearls were made as cnriosities
and were probably followed by corrected
lenses.
Specimens of such pieces nave been found
in the royal palace Of Knosos on the island of
Crete and on Mount Ida, and all are now pre-
served in the museum of Gambia.
These lenses are uniformly plano-convex,
between 5 and 8 dioptrics in strength. The
Phoenicians seem to have developed indus
trial tense grinding and to nave exported
their product to Troy, Tyre, Nineveh and
even to Brittany. Five glass lenses were dug
up in the ruins Of Carthage. Two of these
ancient spectacles were found in the sarcoph-
agus Of distinguished personages and were
evidently designed to correct far-sightedness.
They had a power Of 5.5 dioptrics.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
Colombo Harbor Vital to India
1t was Founded by Ancient Greeks


The Japanese attack on Colombo in Ceylon
the other day struck at one Of the most vital
seaports and operation bases in midas de-
lenses. Besides a small floating drydock, of
great value to submarines and light cruisers,
Colombo's harbor facilities may mean the life
or death of India.
The port is picturesque. Originally found
ed by the ancient Greeks, it was in turn occu-
pied by Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch and British.
Colombo lies on the western coast Of Cey-
Ion a little more than half way from the
northern tip. Although not as important to
the British navy as the smaller town of Trim
GONZALEZ on the northeastern coast Of Ceylon,
Colombo is the actual shipping center of the
entire island.
Normally it's population is approximately
100000. However, during the last month,
Admiral Sir Godfrey Layton, commander-in-
chief Of the islands military forces, removed
a large number of the civilian inhabitants to
inland cities.
Colombo's chief export trade is in teas,
spices, and jewels. However, since the fall
Of Singapore, this city has been the clearing
house for a large amount Of Indian trade,
munitions and supplies. When Rangoon was
taken by the Japanese, their threat to Cal
cutta caused a rerouting Of all shipments pre-
viously consigned to that great port.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08

From the German of Rueckert by James Clarence Mangan
l saw her once, one little while, and then no more;
Twas Eden's light on Earth awhile, and then no more.
Amid the throng she passed along the meadow floor;
Spring seemed to smile on Eearth awhile, and then no more,
But whence she came, which way she went, what garb
she wore,
I noted not; l gazed awhile, and then no more.
I saw her once, one little while, and then no more:
Twas Paradise on Earth awhile, and then no more:
Ali what avail my vigils pale, my magic lore2
She shone before by eyes awhile, and then no more.
The shalop of my peace is wrecked on Beauty's shore;
Near Hopes fair isle it rode awhile, and then no morel
I saw her once, one little while, and then no more;
Earth looked like Heaven a little while, and then no more.
Her presence thrilled and lighted to its inner core
My desert breast a little while, and then no more.
So may, %perchance, a meteor glance at midnight DER
Some ruined pile a little while, and then no morel
/ saw her once, one little while, and then no more,
The Earth was Portland awhile, and then no more,
Oh, might / see but once again, as once before,
Through chance or vile, that shape a while, and then
no morel
Death soon would heal my griefs! This heart, now sad
and sore,
Would beat anew a little while, and then no morei
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
He Knew the Old Battle6elds

While those old battlefields near the family
home were familiar ground to Paul Won Hin,
denburg. who some years before the World
War commanded the Eighth Prussian Army
Corps, stationed in East Prussia, there is
more fiction than fact to the legend of linden
burg's intensive studies of difficult maneu-
vering ground around the Masurian lakes.
Nor is there any truth to the myth that Hin
denburg's first retirement from service at
the age Of 81 years was because the Kaiser
was chagrined at the old general for having
vanquished the imperial forces during field
maneuvers around the Masurian lakes.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
He Defended the Home Front


Hindenburg's strongest hold on his people
and his great popularity in Austria was be-
cause Of his heroic defence of their joint
fronts against a most formidable enemy,
whose forces at every point Of contact far
outnumbered the Germans and Austrians,
whether fighting separately or joined. II
Hindenburg and his German armies had not
stemmed the Russian tide at the battle fronts
of East Prussia and Silesia as well as in
Lithuania and Poland, and if his German
divisions had not stiffened Austria S western
and northern fronts, the Russians would have
come over the Carpathian Mountain Range,
thus overrunning all Hungary and Germanic
Austria.
What those of Germanic blood in both
countries admired and loved in Hindenburg
was not so much his consummate strategy,
some of the inspiration and elaborate detail
work for which he often owed to his brilliant
helper Ludendorff or to the great general
staff, but his character and absolute RELIABLE
ity. They admired his unvarying loyalty to
duty as a soldier and citizen, his unquestion-
ing fidelity to those whom he had been taught
to revere as his royal masters (four sue
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08

Citizens Of German blood in this
war, as in every other war in which
the United States have had a part,
certainly should not let themselves be
out-done by other groups. We are
all American citizens and we stand
as one in the defense Of u nation.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
SIDE G H OF HISTORY
Paul Won Hindenburg
bg EDWIN EMERSON
Revised from original article in The Washington Post)

universal grief as they did over the loss OF
their fgrand old man. Paul Won linden
burg in the summer Of 1894. There was gen
eral mourning in the fatherland, we know,
when Bismarck passed away, and before MN
the Emperors Frederick III and William |
vet then the German people as a whole showed
not so deep a sense OF bereavement nor OF
anxiety for the future.
Perhaps that undercurrent Of anxiety may
serve to explain the intensity of this sorrow,
similar to the feeling that made Walt Whit.
man in his famous dirge bewail the death OF
Abraham Lincoln as the loss OF his captain
from the helm.
Just as Whitman referred to Lincoln as
his efather." so the German people looked
to their aged president like ~trustful children.
While all of his surviving war veterans re-
vered him as the ablest of their military lead
ers since Won Moltke and Frederick the Great,
the younger generation, who know OF war
cnly from hearsay, loved and honored hlm as
they might a dear old grandfather.
When Hitler Bowed to Him
OF all the countless pictures of Adolf Hitler
that have flooded the "Third Reich none
made so instant appeal to the people as that
one snapshot of him, taken when he rever-
emily bowed his head in the presence OF the
aged president towering immoblle above nm
By this simple act of homage the new chan
cellor reconciled many of his countrymen,
who a few years before were inexpresslbly
shocked by the irreverent impertinence OF
callow National Socialists toward the grizzly
field marshal.
How the people really felt about this |
learned in Germany when President Won
Hindenburg was still in Berlin before hnal
retirement to his ancestral home at Neudeck
~ Eoc+ prussia Then for the last time, L
availed myself Of the privilege to pay my
resnects to him. renewing old memories OF
Tannenberg and other narrowing battles,
waged by him while | was a neutral war
correspondent with the German armies.
Entering and leaving the presidential palace
on the W~ilhelmstrasse | saw clusters OF
simple German folk reverently waiting at the
gate in the hope Of catching a glimpse OF
their beloved Hindenburg either at his study
window or whenever he might come out Tor
a drive. Failing therein they accosted the
steel helmeted ~sentries standing guard at the
gate with anxious questions concerning the
health Of their commandments.
Several times that spring, when the held
marshal's automobile passed along the ave
nue. of Lindens from the Brandenburg Gate
tc the monument Of Frederick the Great and
the shrine of the Unknown Soldier, | wit
messed the enthusiasm Of the crowds throng-
ING the famous thoroughfare to greet their
old hero. Ny own last glimpse OF him was
in the shady garden behind his palace, seated
on a bench with two of his grandchildren.
It was then he gave me his latest photograph
and wrote his massive signature on its mar
Gin. treasure it together with an carrier
photograph. taken when he was still IN the
field. and with some kline letters he wrote
me about my war correspondence.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08

Unsere Regierung hat die Wehr-
macht unseres Landes yum Schutze
ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten aufge-
boten. ALE Amerikaner ohne Inter
schied der Geburt und Herkunft,
darunter die Landesbiirger deutschen
Blutes, stehen in diesem Kriege elm
miitig hinter ihrer Regierung. Anne
rika list unser Land, das Land unse-
rer Kinder, das zu schutzen jetzt
unsere h0chste Aufgabe ist.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
We are All Americans

We hold all wars to be
deplorable. Once a nation
is drawn into war, however,
unless an honorable peace
may be secured betimes, it
would be disastrous to be
beaten in that war. There
fore we hold it the duty Of
all loyal American citizens
to do all in their power to
help our country, the United
States Of America, to win
its present war. i.
Washington Journal., 1942-05-08
Legend Surrounds His Career

When Hindenburg was gone, Germans all
over the world recalled events and incidents
Of his heroic career, many Of which have be-
come legendary. In regard to some OF them
I happen to have more or less personal knoWl-
edge having been at several of his head
in the field, where | had oppor-
~tunities to talk freely with certain officers and
men who knew him intimately.
nv first meeting with General Won linden
burg was late in August 1914, at the little
East Prussian town Of Tannenberg, then the
Headquarters of the Twentieth Prussian
Army Corps, where he and his new chief OF
staff. Ludendorff, had just moved their own
headquarters from Marienburg. | had no
written permission to be there, though | had
been formally accredited to the great general
staff. but after some severe remarks from
General Ludendorff, his commanding general,
at the instance Of a staff major, who had
been in America, kindly interviewed. was
forgiven under the proviso that | would not
bother them further in their serious work at
hand.
The tremendous battle then raging all
around us. which presently was turned from
q threatening catastrophe to Germany's most
brilliant victory, later got its name from that
town., though several other towns lay within
the rapidly shifting operations OF the des-
nerate struggle. AS explained to me by a
staff officer with a stack Of maps, the stra-
tegic and tactical problem, figuratively speak
ing. involved an inner massive pair OF Rus
sian tongs gripping the heart Of the Germaa N
forces punched together among a cluster OF
lakes, while an outer, more extenuated pair
of German tongs closed slowly on the Russian
pincers within their grip.
In other words a concentric movement
crushed by a wider concentric movement from
outside, while the innermost kernel OF Ger