Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-05
Germans Counter
Red offensives

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threw massed tanks and infantry
into Commentaries on the Cauca-
sus. middle Don and south-south-
west Stalingrad fronts.
Hemmed in hopelessly in q big
Caucasus village. the Germans ma'-
SEQ all their reserves of irf1n'"Y
and tanks and hit the Russian line
in hope of breaking through. y
HAND TO-HAND
The Russian artillerH. il Gc i'm
in matter of seconds. rained r'"-
mel and high explosives on tie
advancing enemy and knocked olltG
eight tanks before they reached the =
lines.
Then in a clash of infantry o.
Gainst infantry, the noon conf
munique reported. The Red amy
troops i'm hand to hand fighting
with bayonet and rifle butt, Am9s2-
60 the enemy, captured the Vi'la"e
and began to pick up the bodies
of the 300 German dead who re-
manned in the streets.
This was but part of = night
Of hard fighting in which the Euc-
slams swept through several adni-
tional towns, villages and districts
centers in their Caucasus offensive
which threatened to split the Ger
man armies and force them TO re-
treat all the way to Rostov on
Don, 300-odd miles to the north
if they can.
NEW GERMAN TROOPS
On the middle Don front, the
Germans in their second big night
counterattacked sent newly arrived .
men against the Red army in an 9
other break-out attempt.
Great Russian Kim VorOShilOv
tanks raced around to the flank Of
The attackers, crashed into their 4
line, knocked out 40 German tanks, y
completely disorganized the enemy
forces and sent them fleeing in re-
treat. Here the Russians found
several hundred dead on the field,
the noon communique said
Here, as in the Caucasus, the Rus
slams continued a general offensive
which, the neon communique said,
won them a number of new inhab-
tied places.
The third big German counter
attack was made on the southwest
south Stalingrad front.
VILLAGES TAKEN
The Germans attacked in force
only to be thrown back in disorder
the noon communicate said, while
in other sectors Red army men ad-
vanced to storm and capture sew
eral villages.
Russian artillery, following close
behind the infantry, ranged q Ger
man airdrome and, in a pulverizing
bcmbardment of the rrnways and
plane dispersal bays, destroyed IL
grounded German planes and four
| trench mortars, the noon commune
que reported.
In all, the Russians continued an
unbroken series of advances on
four main battle fronts along their
LOO mile offensive line-Caucasus,
Middle Don, South southwest Stall
ingrad and center.
On the central front west of Mos
COW, the Russian night fighter
troops swept thick mine fields and
ripped through heavy barbed wire,
broke through into strongly for
titled village southwest of Velikie
Luki and ousted the enemy after
q ferocious fight. the noon COM
munique said. They captured nine
machine guns, four trench mortars,
q headquarters wireless station and
an ammunition dump.
West of Rzhev, Russian scouts
cut through to the German rear,
blew up several earth and timber
forts and killed the approximate
~ 80 Germans in them.
The noon communicate reported
small enemy counterattacks during
the night in this west-RZhev area.
In the streets of Stalingrad, Rus
ian troops snqaked through Ger
man positions during the night tOt
attack and capture several build
ings in the northern factory dis
trict, the noon communique re-
ported. while in other areas scouts
reconnoitered enemy positions and
the artillery exchanged salvOs with
the Germans.
Northwest of Stalingrad, the
Russian artillery increased its ac-
tivity, smashed seven enemy block
houses and dugouts, blew up an
ammunition dump and dispersed a
concentration of 300 German troops.
In a new major victory, the Rus
slams yesterday captured the town
Of Chernyshkovsky and its adjoln-
ing railroad station of Chernysh-
kov, 100 miles west of Stalingrad
onthe railroad which extends to
Likhaya, where it connects with
the Rostov- Voronezh- Moscow line.
and kharkov.
This success on the middle Don
front which brought the Russians
an important enemy base, was re-
ported i'll a special communicate
which said the Red army captured
with the town II grounded air.
planes, 100000 airplane bombs and