The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-25
Nazi Wedge
IsShanered
byRussians
Berlin CIoims
Huge Red Force
is Encircled
BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH

BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH
Associated Press War Editor
Russia's Kharkov offensive, 4
major factor in strategical plsn-
ming on both sides of the world
conflict, was pictured today q
rolling forward once again, the
Red Army having wiped out thu
best the Germans could offer IN
the way of flank diversion.
The wedge which the Germans
had driven into the Russian aali-
ent curving past Kharkov ON tn
south had been shattered with
enormous losses" to the enemy.
Moscow dispatches said, and III
Russians had driven ahead onee
more after consolidating newly
won ground.
This was the 14th day Of bat
tie on the Kharkov front, per-
haps the most valuable At M
German positions in Russia for e
buttresses the Tasanrog threat
of the Germans to invade III
Caucasus when and If they con
get their own major drive under
way.
BATTLE OF ENCRCLEAGxle3
The German high command.
not retreating from previous
claims that considerable Ruoaaam
forces had been cut off In thu -
lient thanking Kharkov, said 10
day that the fighting south q
the big Ukrainian manufacture
ing city had developed into q
battle of encirclement.
'The bulk of three Soviet a.
mics, including strong tank for-
ces, had been encircled." TN
German communique said. ~An
attempts to break out have fail-
ed with heavy losses for the en-
envy"
Obviously both the Germans
and Russians could not b cor
rect in their descriptions Of tn
battle but single COMMUNICATE
and the belligerents Town front
line reports were the only sourc-
es of news, confederation for a.
Their side must await final out
come of the encounter.
The Hitler command said TINT
its forces had captured 80 VII
lagos in a central sector" b1ak
whether it meant the Kharhov
front or the whole front was mt
clear. If the whole vast Ru1gf1n
front were meant, the claim no.
nified new action opposite MOI
cow.
USE U. S. PLANES
The emphasis put upon 119
battle of Russia by American
high strategy was newly ilm-
trated by a dispatch from m
Associated Press correspondent,
Henry c. Cassidy, from . Hs6
Air force station which sid
that an elite Russian Pursuit
squadron defending the bomb.
er approaches to Moscow Wa1
flying American made planes
G xclusively and asking 1og
more.
The Russian airmen were
elaborate in their praise Of In
fighters - especially the Ho0
Airacobra, which name thav
have meaningfully shortened -
Cobra.
Cassidy's dispatch coincitsd
with that of colleague, Roy y.
Porter, from Buffalo. N. n
home of the Airacobras. carry
ing the significant disclosure ~
the concerns president LaN@
renee D. Bell, that these oEJl1-
narily short range planes uoW
being flown - not shippe0 -
to their ultimate stations n
many parts of the world.
Where they once had q u
dismantled for transporta&3eA
by boat, special equipment now
has been developed pe1m1tllc
the AiracobraS to make 49,
hops.
HEAD FOR REICH
Britain's high-flyine ffsh11ee
knitted across the British sogeb,
east Co st in mid Wo&n
headed for new dAylinDf e4oo(
en- targets in German 1esa
France. - 80 .:s,y!x
Unfavorable weaa1 j
long range RAP b4y1l
their basea during t14x
their Ger m 4 n op&
with the advan&n6o 1
take-off points. he1l 4
places along tiss sgu11D
Of England. One g NISs
downed. s ;&Ssss33s&