Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-18
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

MOSCOW, Jan. l0.-tUP)-RuS-
sia annOulced new gains today on
five major battle fronts along the
55O-mile Red army offensive line
between Voronezh and the North
ern Caucasus.
On the South Voronc2h front
Red army men were within ll0
miles of KharkoV; on the DonetS
river front, they captured the rail-
road junction of MilleroVo; in the
Stalingrad area tanks, infantry and
cavalry were ripping into the rem
nants of % German divisions now
numbering only about 10000 men;
on the lower Don front Russians
we're within 25 miles of Salsk juno
ton and in the Caucasus they were
only 80 miles from Armavir. whence
railroad leads through the Mai
kop oil fields to the Black sea.
GARRISON WIPED OUT
Driving ahead throughout the
night south Of Voronezh, the Rus
slams took several new inhabited
places, wiping out almost the en-
tire garrison of one fortified town
and capturing 1855 Germans in
Guiding a colonel in Storming an
other. the noon cOmmuniqGe said.
On the Donets front, the Russians
took three populated places in a
single sector. They killed about
1000 Germans, the noon commun1-
que reported; knocked out seven
tanks and 20 field guns and captur-
ed 300 prisoners, two tanks, 20
field guns, so trucks and two war
supply dumps.
In the Stalingrad area, where the
resistance OF the trapped German
army was nearing it's end, the Rus
slams spent the night Wiping out
additional nests of German resist
ance isolated in fortified villages.
THOUSANDS KILLED
One unit, overwhelming resist
ing enemy force, killed more than
1000 Germans took $50 prisoners
and captured 20 airplaneS, 38 tanks,
81 field guns, IA siX-barreled NOR
tars. SO machine guns, more than
1000 tommy guns and rifles, 10000
artillery shells and 81 radio trans
mitters. the commLnioue said, along
with other equipment.
Several inhabited places and two
railroad stations were taken dur
| ing the night on the North eau
casus front.
Fierce resistance was met in the
western outskirts of one big in
/ habited locality The Russian ar
tillery laid down a barrage which
smashed enemy defenses and the
/ infantry and tanks, advancing
through mine fields, broke the Ger
man defense, penetrated to the
town. killed 450 men, destroyed five
tanks and l3 trucks and captured
prisoners and spoils.
BIGGEST DAY
Cavalry, pursuing the Axis forces
in another sector, dispersed ano
killed many of an enemy infantry
company
Two special cOmmuniqueS iSsuec
last night had told the story OF
one of the biggest days of the win
'cr offensive.
January II our troops after 9
fierce battle captured the town ano
important railroad junction of Mil.
lercVo,' the first communique said
The German garrison of the town
which tried to break OCt, was al
most completely wiped out by oul
troops"
In capturing Millerovo, 1870 miles
south cf Voronezh and 130 mile!
north Of Rostov, the Russians tool
l6 planes stores and railroad cars
laden with various war equipment
The same ccmmunique announc'
ed the capture, on the Voronezf
front, of the town and railroad sta
ticn at Alekseevska, 70 miles south
west of Voronezh and 113 miles
northeast CT Rostov, along with tW'
other towns including Karotozhak
48 miles south of Voronezh.
It was anno,.lced also that IL
the Caucasus area the Russians hat
taken the railroad town of Kur
eavka, 45 miles northwest OF Miner
alnye Vody and 80 miles southeas
Of Armavir.
The second special communiqu'
announced the capture of one Rus