| Show Reds Claim Extensive Victory From Far South to Arctic By Associated Press Russia's red armies claimed the most extensive series of victories in the war with Germany Friday covering every major theater Don on in the far south to the frozen Arctic regions of Mur Mur- mansk Only in the Crimea by soviet accounts was the situation still cri critical Before Moscow the he red armies pressing a furious counter offen counteroffensive sive were reported to have stormed and arid recaptured 20 villages in the thelast thelast thelast last 24 hours in the Kalinin sector and German military dispatches admitted that the tM Russians were attacking in considerable force with tanks and infantry In the battle of Leningrad the soviet radio said Russian troops had broken clear trough through nazi siege lines around the old czarist c capital pital which the Germans had said was virtually sealed off from the rest of the U S S R. R Hitler's Guards Routed At guarding the northern northern north north- ern approach to the Caucasus the Russians said they had routed a motorized division of Hitler's elite guards The entire nazi drive in that key sector was reported all allbut allbut allbut but stalled Tass the soviet news agency reported also that tank-led tank German German German Ger Ger- man shock troops had been thrown back from the outskirts of Tula miles south of Moscow after a bloody week two-week battle The Germans were here yester yester- day Today only their corpses are here Tass said The news agency said the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans hurled 15 consecutive tank attacks at the little village of on the southern outskirts outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of Tula and gained a temporary temporary temporary tem tem- foothold before being smashed back with heavy casualties casual casual- ties Reds Take Initiative The soviet radio said the initiative initiative initiative initia initia- tive in the day 43 old battle of Moscow had now definitely passed into red army Hands In the Crimea campaign a bulletin bulletin bulletin bul bul- letin from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters asserted that German troops were in front of Kerch gateway to the Caucasus oil fields with the city and harbor under the fire of nazi artillery Thursday the high command declared declared declared de de- de- de German assault troops actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac were storming the port Soviet reinforcements some of them drawn from the on onDon on- on Don sector were reported racing to defend the Caucasus coast against a German drive across the narrow Kerch strait from the Cri Cri- mea Nazis Dislodged Dispatches to Red Star the soviet army newspaper said General General General Gen Gen- eral Gregory K central front armies had driven the per per- er- er mans from the east bank of the Nara river in the sector and dislodged the nazis from a fortified height there in fierce to hand-to-hand fighting On the Leningrad front B BBC B C quoted the Moscow radio as re reporting reporting reporting re- re porting that Russian infantry with artillery and dive bombing aircraft support stormed through the enemy lines and broke through to the rear in the face of strong resistance Tass said that Russian troops in inthe inthe inthe the Arctic zone had captured several strategic heights and forced the Germans to retreat several kilometers |
