Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-12-13 | Page 1 | Reds Regain Initiative in Battle to Save Kiev from Germans

Re Regain Initiative in Battle To Save v Kiev From Germans MOSCOW Dec 13 UP The UP-The The red ed army has regained the Initia- Initia Ive ve in the Kiev salient not only stopping topping massed German forces but ut recovering some lost ground after fter a crucial battle of nearly a month which cost the nazis more than han 1000 tanks soviet front reports reports re- re ports orts said Monday I Though it would be premature to o say that all danger to Kiev had been averted by the developments of f the last two days there was every very indication that the Germans would be unable to repeat their exploit last spring wh when n they countered a Russian offensive to reclaim and much of the Donets basin The reports of limited soviet successes on the rim of the Kiev bulge said the scale and intensity of f the German attacks had waned doubtless because of their tremendous tre tre- tre- tre tremendous losses losse suffered since lince Noi No No- i vember 19 when the all out effort was launched to throw the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- back to the and recapture recapture recapture re re- re- re capture Kiev The first picture of the great battle west of Kiev regarded as one of the most decisive of the war in that it gave a new test of German striking power emerged from the accounts of the Russian successes General Nikolai F F. Vatu tins tin's cavalry vanguard exploiting the route of the Germans west of Kiev early in November smashed ed westward westward westward west west- ward as far as without awaiting reinforcements S The Russians were vere obliged to give up the and areas in the face of determined German attacks Since then the Soviets had ample time to pour artillery antitank and infantry reinforcements across the build up the defenses of Kiev and entrench themselves t