The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-22

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 Etalingrad- -Tikhoretsk railroad, and Armnvir, 166 miles southeast of ROstOv on the Caucasus railroad.
 By taking Voroshilovsk yesterday the Russians were within 43 miles of Armavir on the east, l85 miles southeast of Rostov and only 110 miles southeast of Tikhoretsk, where the caucasus railroad meets the Stalingrad Salsk . Tikhoretsk line.
 At . solemn meeting in the Krem- lin, observing the 18th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Leriin, fath- CT of the Soviet, Josef Stalin and other leaders heard Alexander echerbakov, head of the Moscow So- viet, report the Russian offensive started Nov. 19-lnore than 500000 Germans killed, more than 100000 taken prisoner, more than 5000 tanks, 12,000 guns, $500 planes de- stroyed or captured, the Germans driven back more than 104 miles on two fronts, thousands of towns and villages freed.
 On the Voronezh front, where powerful Russian columns were now reported within 85 miles of Kursk ' on the Kharkov-Moscow railroad and within less than 30 miles of { Kharkov, the Russians during the night frightened rings around hope lessly encircled Axis troops.
 Voronezh front was one on which enemy forces during the night tried desperately to break out.
 The noon communique reported that all break-out attempts were shattered and the Red Army occu- pied Q number of inhabited places between dark and dawn.
 One Russian formation captured more than 1,5OO enemy troops in 8 group, the noon communique said, and 1t noted that in the capture of Ostrogozhsk, previously reported, more than 1000 Germans were , killed ad more than 600 made pri- eoner.
 The Russians yesterday, as re- ported by the midnight communi- que, had captured Sine Elipiagi, 50 miles southwest of Voronezh and 105 miles east southeast of Kursk.
 On the same front they had cap- tured Golofeyevka, on the railroad extending northward west ef the main Rostov-Moscow railroad.
 (There are two Golofeyevskas on : the railroad. One is 68 miles south- west of Voronezh and 85 miles south- east of Kursk. The other is 120 miles southeast of Kursk, 107 miles southwest of Voronezh and 80 miles east-northeaSt of Kharkov. It was believed that the former one was 1taeant.)
 The noon communique reported offensive fighting by the Red Army Throughout the night on the Lenin- grad, South Voronezh, Donets river, Stalingrad, Salsk and Caucasus !. fronts.
 On the Donets front, where the Russians were within 25 miles of Voroshilovgrad, Soviet shock troops during the night stormed and cap- tured c big inhabited locality, seiZ- ing four tanks, 10 field guns, two self -propelling guns a military stores dump and two food dumps, Ahe cUmmunique said.
 In cIne sector of this southwestern or DCnets front the Germans threw fresh forces into savage counter attacks.
 PriNners of the 18th Regiment, SO6th German Infantry Division, told Russian intelligence officers on this front that they had been trans Rerred to the east from Belgium 1n December and now were bled white, their companies numbering between 10 and 30 men. (At full strength a company might number up to 300 rnen)
 N Vert of Stalingrad, where few tens of thousands of Germans re- main out of 220,000 trapped weeks ago, the enemy tried several counter attacks only to be hurled back with heavy losses, the noon communique said. The Russians threw the Germans out of @ strongly fortified position in the lighting and counted more than 400 German dead. Seven German tanks were knocked out.
 On the Salsk front below the Don
  big infantry force in an attempt to hold the Russians.
 Russian tommy gIlnners, clinging to big tanks, thrust through to the enemy rear, the noon communique said, and killed about 700 Germans. About 100 were made prisoner and important spoils were captured.
 In other sectors, the Russian ad- vance continued on Salsk where yesterday they were reported with |. 4n IS miles of the city.
 The noon communique said that 0n the north Caucasus front the Russians took several more inhabi- ted places during the night.
 The Axis counter attacked with two companies of infantry. sup ported by 10 tanks and five armor- ed cars, in one sector, only to lose more than half their men, six of their tanks and all five armored cars. The enemy retreated, and the Russians drove on, the communi- que said.