The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-29
More Masses of Planes Thrown Into Battlefront to Conquer Caucasus II FRESH INFANTRY
  DIVISIONS JOIN UP
Before T hat Man1mOtb| Army Russians Are Slow. ly But Surely Going Back
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign EditOr)


 United Press Foreign EditOr)
 Adolf Hitler's armies turned loose their greatest power.oJ the Don battlefront today iI5 what appeared to be a supreme attempt to conquer the Caucasus, split the Red Army and break Russia's main military power, before winter. The Russians re- ported that the Germans have thrown 20 Panzer divisions normally 10000 tanks = Il fresh infantry divisions and more masses of planes into the bat tie for the Caucasus and that the Red Armies continue to give ground before the massive Nazi assault.
 It was evident that RussiaS plight was growing graver by the hour as the fighting reached the tablelands of Caucasia which are ideal for the NaziS' mechanical warfare.
 If the Germans actually have rushed 20 new Panzer divisions into the struggle 1t means the greatest battle of tanks ever known, ex- ceeding in numbers of machines and in ferocity anything witnessed in northern France, in the Bai- kans or in Egypt.
 A Russian communique admitted. for the second time in 12 hours, a Red Army withdrawal in the Ba- taisk area about IS miles south of fallen Rostov along the main rail- road through the rich oil fields to the Caspian.
 Although the Nazis were said to be losing up to 50 per cent of the men of some of their units they smashed forward steadily all along the Don front from Bataisk east ward of Stalingrad, the great in duStrial city on the Volga whicb is menaced by endorsement.
 Another Force Across Don
 The Soviet communique said thai the Germans had thrown anotheI force across the Don, apparently about 32 miles northeast of Ros' toy in the Tsimlyanskaya sector and also across the great bend oj the river facing Stalingrad.
 The British reported that three. pronged Nazi drive is clawing clos CT to Stalingrad. One is against 65 miles northwest oi the industrial city, another at Kal' ach about 75 miles west and tho third against Novochirskaya, 1lG miles southwest.
 The German high command said its forces had Stormed across tns Manych and Sal rivers, which join about 35 miles east of RoStov. The Sal lies 10 miles or more south of the Don and 1t appeared that the vital railroad from the Black Ses and the Krasandoar oil center to may have been cut by the Germans.
 The ususlly reliable Vichy radio said that the Germans were 2 miles south of Rostov arter taking BataiSk claimed by the NaZis-- and were close to Novobotaiskoe a04 the Caucasian railroad.
 Russia's plight kept demands for an immediate allied invasion of western Europe alive, despite the efforts of most of the British press and British and American officials to temper the demands.
 The London Times, calling for ut- most immediate aid to the Soviets. said that the situation for the United Nations probably is more grave now than at any time in the past year.
 The Germans, as though trying tc convince the United Nations of the futility of any second front under taking, staged 6 military spectacle In Paris which included s. g. com. bat troops said by the NaM radi0 70
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