Show Germans Retreat On Kiev Sector In Bloody Bailie Battle MOSCOW Oct 19 UP Out UP Out Outmatched matched German troops have begun begun begun be be- gun a retreat north of Kiev after losing one of the bloodiest battle battles of the massive struggle of th the river line semiofficial dispatches dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches revealed Tuesday The government newspaper Iz Iz- Iz- Iz vestia reported from the middle front that Germans above Kiev were falling back to the wes west and southwest surrendering th the northern defenses of the Ukrainian UkrainIan Ian capital Field reports made it evident eviden that the nazis had thrown every resource they could muster into int the struggle on the approaches t to Kiev keystone base of the e crumblin crumbling crum crum- blin bling blind line and now apparently ap- ap apparently apparently ap ap- were conceding defeat First Definite Word announcement that tha the Germans were retreating I Ithe in inthe inthe the sector north of Kiev was th the first definite word in so high a ai i quarter of a paz nazi pazi withdrawal in inkey a akey key area It coincide with reports that tha the red army had driven a spearhead spearhead spearhead spear spear spear- head into the th bend to a point 36 SG miles mile's j southeast o of Kremenchug and 20 miles west o othe of the river Advanced soviet elements elements elements' ele ele- ele- ele ments ments' were only 10 miles above the th railway o on through the western Ukraine accentuating accentuating accentuating ac ac- ac- ac the threat to German communications between the DnieL per and the Black sea ports o of and The German high command reported re- re reported reported re re- ported heavy fighting along th the between and Kremenchug and acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged a Russian through break-through Inan in inan inan an unidentified sector Prepare for Struggle I On the Kiev front the Germans were reported to have massed artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery and Infantry reserves behind behind be be- hind a shield of armor for the crucial struggle porth north of the city They brought up sip the largest larges number umber of planes seen on the Russian Rus Ruse sian front since the battle battie of Bel Bel- gorod The The German planes carried carried car car- ried out several thousand sorties daily Against the formidable array the ise Russians attacked from their Bridgehead on th the west bank of the Soviet infantry laboriously la- la cut several corridors through the German positions At many points the Germans mounted as many as 10 counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks a day throwing In full di divisions divisions di- di visions supported by armored uni units snits ts The official German news agency gency D N B acknowledged that Continued d on Pa Pale PaCe Three Column Four Germans Retreat On Kiev Sector In Bloody Battle Baffle Continued from Page One the Germans have been forced back at The London Daily Herald interpreted the broadcast to mean the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans had abandoned Rapidly expanding their original original original nal mile 15 deep and mile 28 wide through break on the west westshore westshore westshore shore of the northeast of the Russians overran 23 additional towns and villages and pounded to within 12 miles of the Bes sarabia railway and 50 miles of the vital Rog flog mines Elsewhere along a blazing mile front the Russians killed 2000 more Germans in the streets of gateway to the Crimea tightened their grip on Kiev capital of the Ukraine and forced a fifth major bridgehead across the only 60 miles east of the Pripet marshes to all allbut allbut allbut but complete the encirclement of Gomel southeastern defense hinge in White Russia |