Evening star., 1944-01-16
Enemy's Attacks in
Ukraine Checked,
Russians Declare
TRIPARTITE OCCUPATION of
Reich reported discussed at Te-
heran. Story on page AS.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sunday. Jan. 16.-
Soviet forces advancing in the
Pripet Marshes of Southern
White Russia have extended
their gains in the drive on Pinsk,
inflicting enormous losses on
the enemy without giving him a
chance to reorganize his forces" :"
the Russians announced today.
A communique broadcast by the
Moscow radio and recorded in Lon
don told of German counterattacks
against the Soviet threat to Ru-
mania and said 1000 of the enemy's
troops had been killed in the
Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Berlin reports said
the Russians had opened major
drive near Leningrad and in two
other northern sectors, reawakening
that long inactive front.
(Berlin broadcast a DNB dis
patch early today, saying Soviet
forces had landed on the Kerch
Peninsula in the Eastern Crimea
and captured some of the
heights" north of the town of
Kerch. The broadcast, recorded
by the Federal Communications
Commission, said strong forces"
OF Russians made the landing
and succeeded in establishing
communication with troops al
ready in the area)
In their drive on Pinsk, the forces
of Gen. Constantine Rokossovsky
were pushing west and northwest
from captured Kalinkovichi and
Mozyr. They we're last reported at
Skrigalov, which is 20 miles west of
Kalinkovichi and lis miles east of
Pinsk.
The Russians midnight bulletin
did not identify several localities
declared won in the new advance,
but said that in the fighting $500
Germans were killed and 16 tanks
and guns destroyed. One entire
column of Germans was completely
routed by Soviet cavalrymen.
Twenty eight guns, three military
stores, 40 railroad cars, 200 cars
and other war material were cap
tured.
Russian airmen patrolling the
frozen marsh area destroyed an
armored train with direct bomb
hits, the bulletin said.
Far to the south, where Gen.
Nikolai Vatutin's left wing has been
beating back ceaseless German
thrusts since January IL, the Ger
mans continued their attacks in a
dogged effort to bar the Russians
from gaining the Odessa-Lwow rail-
way-the main German commune
cations line into the Dnieper bend.
1t was in this Ukraine area that
the 1000 Germans were reported
killed.
The fighting was located as east
of Vinnitsa and for the first time
as north of Uman" by the Rus
slams, who said the Germans were
using large forces of infantry and
tanks. Uman is IS miles southeast
Of Vinnitsa.
Nazis Forced to Rereat.
Despite their enormous losses
the Hitlerites moved forward, try
ing at all costs to make a breach
in our defense" the communique
said. Having put up continuous
curtain of fire, our troops with
stood the enemy's pressure and
forced him to retreat to his original
position"
Then the Germans attacked
again, but once more failed to make
headway. One group of enemy
tanks which had broken through
TO populated place was destroyed
and during the day 10 German
tanks were burned out as we'll as
IL self-propelled guns and 16 ar
mored troop carriers.
Guerrillas in the Rovno Province
of Old Poland were aiding Gen.
Vatutin's right wing which was 46
miles across the frontier past Sarny.
The guerrillas struck an unexpected
(See RUSSIA, Page A-50