The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-15
North Caucasus, Don, Cen tral Fronts See Savage
 Fighting Now GERMANS DRIVEN OUT
 IN CITY POSITIONS Massed German Troops Fail to DislOdge Reds in
 Don Sector
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrrespondentA
 Moscow, January 15. = (UP) German shock troops reeled back on the north Caucasus, Don and Central fronts today, their infantry routed and their tanks smashed, after vain attempts to halt Red Army offensives in savage counter attacks.
 On all there fronts the Russians continued their advance during the night, the noon communique re- ported.
 They captured several inhabited points on both the Caucasus and Don fronts, 1t said, and on the Central front west of Moscow cap- tured 6 series of defense points, took $50 prisoners and captured war spells,
 Germans Driven Out
 Intensifying their nonstop of- fensive in the streets of Stalingrad, Russians storm troops drove Ger mans from fortified positions and buildings in the northern factory area and one unit alone smashed 56 dugouts, cleared several streets and captured prisoners along with five field guns, four trench inortars, % machine guns and other spells.
 On the north Caucasus front, where Lieutenant General Ivan Maslennikov's army had broken through for 26 mile gain yester- day. the Russians in addition to taking several new inhabited places during the night broke repeated German counter er-attockS with heavy losses to the enemy, the noon com munique said. In one attack more than 300 Germans were killed. and four tanks and seven motor trucks were knocked out. Russian artillery blew up two munitions dumps.
 Tn the Lower Don area, the night operations were the same - the Russians drove on to take several small towns and villages despite desperate counter attacks.
 Russians Stand Firm
 Tn one Don sector, the Germans massed tanks and infantry and hit the Russian line. The Red Army troops stood fast, the noon com- munique said, and then smashed into the German lines. drove the Germans back and counted more than 800 enemy dead on the field. Nineteen German tanks were dis abled or destroyed.
 In another lower Don sector. the Russians storlned and captured Q strongly fortified inhabited locality, one of the suicide nests of resistance and captured four field guns, six trench nlortarS, an armored car, an ammunition dump and other spoils. the noon communjque reported.
 Two thousand Germans, infantry and Tommy gunners, supported by tanks and armored cars attacked southwest of Velikie Luki on the Central front, the noon communi- que said. The Russians broke them after fierce fight, killing 800 of them and destroying several tanks.
 Important Advance
 The midnight ccnlMunique had reported another day of important advances by the Russians on the Caucasus front.
 General Maslennikov's central body had driven to Surovskaya and Grazhdansky Pervyi, on the main Rostov-Baku line for l9-mile gain from Mineralyrc Vody.
 His right flank. east of the raiI- road, had smashed ahead 26 miles from Zhuravskoye, taken Wednes- day. to capture Sotnikoyskaya, whici Is 30 miles northwest of Buden- noysk. the Russian-held terminus of the railroad leading back to the Rcstay-B Baku line. and only l9 milef southeast of the Blagodarnoe rail. road terminus. At Biagcrdarn0s. the southern arm of an important railroad leads back westward te thA
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