Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11

DdtJle area, QlNeC Oh Illc 1Tc!l!ldll>
to smash their trucks and sent
their troops scurr.ing Tor cover.
leaving many dead.
USING ALL RESERVES
1t was not believed that the Ger
mans had obtained reinforCcmcntS
outside. but that they we're moving
all possible reserves nOrthWard and
eastward on the northWeSt-St
grad front.
TOday'S noon Communiquc re-
ported that the Russians threw back
enemy counterattacks in two sec
tors northwest of Stalingrad. killed
about 1000 German troops and de
SCroyed seven tanks.
In one sector a Russian detach-
ment took an enemy trench system
III hand to hand fighting. the COM
munique said, and killed many Ger
mans.
Russian artillery continued sYs-
tcmatic bombardment of the north
ern factory district in Stalingrad
city az 4 special disDatches report
ed a local advance in the southern
outSkilts.
FORTS WIPED OUT
The noon communiQuc said that
IN the factory area small Russian
groups DESTROYED German pill boxes
ard silenccd firing point@ AID add
ed that 10 enemy fortifiCat.on" had
been wiped out.
In the southern dist ricts. Rus
sian units made local advance
killing about zoo Germans and de-
atroying four field guns and other
materials, the cCmmunique said.
So fierce was enemy resistance
southwest Of Stalingrad, dispatches
from the front said, that only local
gains had been made by the Rus
SLAMS for several days so that fight
ing continued in the same area.
HILL DEFENDED
The noon COmmuniquc reported,
the rcpulSc southwest Cf Stain
grad Of an enemy attack in which
the Germans lost 1G0 men killed.
Six Russians in another sector
defended a hill against repeated at
tacls b. a company of sec Ger
mans, the communiQIc said, and
held their positions after killed
about 30 of The enemy.
On the central front vest Of Mos
COW, the neon Communiqun sad.
the main Russian forces consolidate
ed captured positions while Tic
offensive continued in some sectors.
West Of Rahcv the RuGgiaEs were
reported TO nave smashed a Ger
nan defense point, killing about
SEQ Of its defenders and capturing
six lleld guns and otter important
materials.
GERMANS, DESPERATE
Farthe" west. in nc Velikc Luki
1,ea, tnc RUSSIANS repulsed three
German couatcyatyacks with heavy
Losses - the enemy.
Special dispatches reported that
the Germans, using tanks and in
lanLrR. were broadening their cCun-
lcrattackS on both the Staiingrad
nd central flonts in a vain at
Tempt to recover TIE positions they
nad lost to the hard diving Rus
IianG.
The Rugsian5 broke successive at
cks on 10Th fronts, Dispatcher
aid, ond continued advances in
rvcral sectors for l0cal gain in
phich they occupied cntrcnch~"nts
nd strong points,
ast nights con nmuniWlc Sid tho
rusSiaTT dcstruVtd ~ ol = fore"
III 70 German tank" in 3toNDin"
an enemy c0untGrattack Mhi'h
rcnctratcd The Russian line for an
Insignificant distance vest Of
R1hev. The Germans lost many
men, the communiquc said,
The communique reported that
curing yesterdays fighting, aside
from their dead in this attack, the
Germans on thc central and south
ern frcnt lost upward Of 1900 men
killed. During the day the Russians
also destroyed or captured ID ficlG
guns, 81 machine guns, - trench
mortars, more than 200 motor
trucks, ii planes, radio station,
an ammunition dump. 1000 artillery
snellS aud $4,000 cartridges, the
midnight communiquc said.