Evening star., 1944-03-10
NdzisQuitUman,
Ukraine Base
Near Bug River
Gains at Four Points
In New Offensive
Reported by Reds
MAP on Page Az
By the Associated Press,

LONDON, Mar. 1O.-The Rus
slams announced today the
capture of Uman, one of the
Germans strong bases in the
Western Ukraine.
Uman, rail head, lies about mid
way between Vinnista and Kirovo-
grad and about 25 miles east of the
Bug River. 1t is at the hinge be-
tween the Russian drive toward
Nikolaev and the other Soviet
Southern Ukrainian drive into old
Poland on the west.
Moscow said the great offensive in
the Southern Ukraine had resulted
In the capture of Staro-Konstanti-
nov, the storming of the inner de-
fenses of Tarnopol and the breach
ing of the German lines guarding
the Black Sea ports of Nikolaev and
Kherson.
Nine Divisions Routed.
Most spectacular of yesterdays
development was the disclosure by
Premier Stain of new Russian
drive launched by Gen. Rodion Y.
Malinovsky southwest of Krivoi Rog.
Here, in four days of intensive
fighting, the Sd Ukrainian Army,
driving westward across the Ingul-
lets River, routed nine German di-
visions and captured Novi Bug and
Grozhany, respectively SO and 40
miles above Nikolaev, and Kazanka,
II miles northeast of Novi Bug.
Eight thousand Germans were
killed and 1000 captured in this ad-
vance, the Russian communique as
serted. Nazi forces were driven
back from 10 to 81 miles, abandon
ing huge stocks of war material, in
cluding 81 tanks, It's guns and more
than 1000 trucks. More than 200
localities were liberated by Gen.
Malinovsky's troops, the bulletin
added.
Threat to Nazi Forces.
Besides menacing the Black Sea
forts of Nikolaev and Kherson, Gen.
Malinovsky's advance was a direct
threat to the several hundred thou
sand Nazi forces still in the Lower
Ukraine and along the coast of the
Black Sea toward Odessa, front dis
patches pointed out.
Capture Of Staro-Konstantinov, 26
miles north of Proskurov, by Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st Urka-
inian Army netted large stocks of
war material, Moscow said. It left
the Germans in this sector only
20-mile corriror along the railway
south of Proskurov as retreat route
toward Rumania. Proskurov itself
was threatened with capture by Red
Army troops who were last reported
only miles away.
Marshal Zhugov's right wing made
short work of the Tarnopol de-
fenses, Russian advices indicated.
Previously reported 8 miles from
that key junction on the Odessa
Warsaw trunk railway, Red Army
infantry, buttressed by tank units,
swept over enemy lines, burst into
the town and engaged the enemy
in street fighting" the Moscow bull
letin said.
Fortified Villages Stormed.
Other units stormed fortified viii
lagos in the Tarnopol area, including
Ivachuv, miles to the northwest,
and Dichgov, rail station on the
railway to the east. This gave Gen.
Zhukov control of 53-mile stretch
of the trunk line from Dichkov west
to Gruzhevitsa.
Capture of Maly Hodachkuv, also
east of Tarnopol, placed Soviet
spearheads within 55 miles of the
Dniester River and the Rumanian
frontier.
Other Russian forces in the
Berdichev sector, northwest of
Proskurov, captured the town of
Ulanov, Sc miles northeast of
Proskurov. This drive linked with
the eastern end of Gen. Zhukov's
offensive, giving the latter a con-
tinuous front of about 140 miles
facing the Rumanian border.
Estonian Capital Bombed.
Moscow again was silent regard
ing developments on other sectors
OF the long front, but Helsinki dis
patches to Swedish newspapers re-
ported the bombing by Russian
planes of Reval (Tallinn), capital
and major port of Estonia.
Earlier, the German-controlled
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau,
quoting dispatches from Reval, de-
clared the Russian Air Force had
destroyed the Estonian seaport of
Narva in a night-long attack last
Monday.