| Show Reds Sever Key Budapest Route MOSCOW Nov 10 Russian UP-Russian P Russian troops under Marshal Rodlon Y drove a wedge across the enemy's last direct railway communications between Budapest Budapest Buda Buda- pest and northeastern Hungary Friday after alter shattering the west bank defenses along the upper river A big infantry and armored salient extending westward be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond approximately approximate approximate- ly 70 miles northeast cast of Budapest Budapest Budapest Buda Buda- pest curved dangerously toward the rear of German Gennan panzer forces which have been counterattacking cast st and southeast of ot the HungarIan Hungarian Hungarian Hunga Hunga- rian capital in an attempt to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent it from Crom being outflanked A Moscow announcement said sale the main Budapest rail line had been severed The Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian said the 2nd Ukrainian army advancing on a wide front across the middle had captured 50 towns and vil viI viIla la lages es There was no official news about Malinovsky's left flank which has dug dug- into Budapest's southern suburbs suburbs sub sub- or about the extreme right flank of his army anny which previously previous previous- ly crossed the upper in the direction of ot the southern borders of Czechoslovakia May la l pass By-pass City The Russian war bulletin said Malinovsky's army since Oct 6 had killed or captured German and Hungarian defenders of Budapest From the German Gennan viewpoint Malinovsky's new breakthrough carried a double danger the danger the ar arrival arrival ar- ar rival of a powerfully strengthened force torce to join the siege of oC the Hungarian Hungarian Hungarian Hun Hun- garian capital and the serious threat that the Russians might pass by-pass the city to the north in inthe inthe inthe the direction of Vienna and Bratislava Bratis BraUs- Bratislava lava la Among the important places captured were Keresztes Komlo and all of which arc are on communications lines leading north from Budapest to Vienna miles dis dis- dis- dis tant Field dispatches Indicated the new operation employed only about abou I third one-third of Malinovsky's Malino total tola strength While there w-as w was no indication in indication in- in when the thc other two thirds might go into action the developIng develop develop- Ing drive was hailed here as the probable beginning of oC a winter campaign aimed at reducing Budapest Budapest Budapest Buda Buda- pest and driving into Germany from the south Capture Supplies Great quantities of equipment have been taken or destroyed by Malinovsky's troops a special soviet soviet so so- viet announcement said Among Among- the items listed as captured were planes tanks and self self- propelled guns guns mortars mortars mor mor- tars 1795 machine guns and thousands o of freight cars trains trains' and trucks The Russians said that In addition addition addition addi addi- tion their troops destroyed lEi planes tanks and self pro guns trucks and hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of freight cars A late Budapest broadcast re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded In Bern Switzerland saId other soviet units had renewed their attacks in Budapest's southern south south- southern ern suburbs where fierce house- house to-house to fighting has been re re re- ported Berlin said other Russian troops had cro crossed ed the the- Danube river ri at ar 43 miles south of oC bomb battered Budapest The German Gennan radio said that further further fur fur- ther south another red army was wason wason on the move again with th the th crossing crossing cross cross- ing of the Danube at 15 miles south of the Hungarian border border bor bor- der dr by units of Marshal Feodor I. I 3rd Ukraine army anny |
