Evening star., 1944-11-06
Reds sReported
NearCenter
OF Budapest
Germans Claim
Recupture of
Prussion Junction
BY the Associated Press.

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LONDON, Nov. 6. - Furious
fighting ragged in the suburbs OF
Budapest today as heavy Rus
sian infantry forces joined ar
mored vanguards which had
penetrated the defenses of the
Hungarian capital from the
north and south on the east
side of the Danube River.
Meanwhile, Germans said thev
had recaptured the East Prussian
rail town of Goldap, 19 miles inside
the Reich, after surrounding the
place. The Russians at midnight
reported violent German counter
attacks STAYED off there.
The enemy also said a counter
attack had started south of Buda-
pest and that the city was not vet
under a major Russian assault. The
Red Army was declared regrouping
and reinforcing for the final at
tempt.
The German radio announced
early today that Soviet tanks
crashed into the southern metropoli-
tan limits. only miles from the
heart of the city, while Bucharest
broadcast said other Red Army
units, racing around the eastern
edge of the capital, stormed the
northern suburbs through Ujpest.
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At the same time, Red Army
troops threatened to gain a bidge-
mead across the eastern fork of
the Danube, just south of Budapest.
and cross on to narrow Csepel Is
land which divides the river into
two arms for 80 miles southwark.
The cltys German and Hungarian
defenders were being captured at
the rate of 1000 day in the DOW
erful Russian encirclement. Mos
cow announced. Hungarian reports
quoted by Bucharest indicated the
bulk of the Nazi forces already
were fleeing to the western part
(Buda) of The Danube-straddling
capital.
The Danube bridgehead, presum-
ably shaping up in the vicinity of
the captured town of Taksony, 7
miles south of the capital, appeared
essential for decisive exploitation
OF the successful Red Army sweep
across the marshy plains between
the Tisza and the Danube during
the last week. The Daube present.
ed a formidable defense for Nazi
TANKS on either side of the capital
and Russian engineers were rushed
up to prepare for its crossing.
The Moscow communioue. al
though not confirming the thrusts
to the Budapest city limits, an
nounced the occupation of nine su-
burban points by Soviet troops in
the last "a hours, including Ullo
rail town 8 miles from the city on
the Budapest-Cegled trunk line.
Resistance Stiffens.
The war bulletin said enemy re-
slstance had stiffened temporarily
and was particularly furious against
the strong Soviet column striking
against Budapest's northeastern
communications. 1t put the total of
Nazi prisoners taken in the weeks
offensive at 1O,5l8.
Berlin said the Russians were us
ing at least 900 tanks and 5000
men in their drive for the Magyar
city, whose capture would provide a
springboard for a new invasion of
Germany from the south over the
soil of Austria. Vienna is 140 air
miles northwest of Budapest and
the borders of the Reich were only
80 miles distant from the advanc-
ing Red Army.
The Situation inside Budapest
was reported chaotic. The Ankara
radio said Hungarians were fleeing
the city. The Budapest correspond
ent OF the Turkish news agency told
OF the blowing up of St. sargaret's S
Bridge. one of the large spans con-
Meeting Pest, the larger district of
the capital on the eastern side of
the Danube, With Buda on the
west