... The Maikop oilfields, according to the Berlin correspondent of a Swedish paper, were not badly scorched. 1 The battle for Stalingrad has taken on what Moscow describes as a very tense character in the area north-east of KoteCnikovo. The midnight ...

... this year's campaign. The battle for Stalingrad is developing along the bend of the Don river. The Germans are throwing in all available reserves to try and break the Russian ring. At Kotelnikovo and Kletskaya fierce battles rage. The Nazis say that one ...

... Ordozhonikidze. In the crucial battles for Stalingrad at Kotelnikovo, however, the Russians have counterattacked and forced the Nazis on to the defensive. North-east of Kotelnikovo, said the communique supplement, a great tank battle developed in the region ...

... plans for counter-offensive action. In the Caucasus fighting he already has fresh reserves in readiness, while in the battle or Stalingrad the Marshal has improved his position the result of fierce counter-attacks. By switching over large numbers of tanks ...

... Observer THE battle for Stalingrad and the Caucasus is a long way from being decided. All signs point to increased Russian resistance, both in the approaches to the main Caucasian mountain range and also to the sectors defending Stalingrad. The Germans ...

... Krasnodar, Maikop and Cherkesk areas. In the battle for Stalingrad, the Russians are still launching counter-attacks north-east of Kotelnikovo, to the south-west of the city. To the north-west of Stalingrad, however, the fighting in the Kletskaya region ...

... Vodi, in the Caucasus foothills Farther north, where the battle of the Don bend has became the battle for Stalingrad, the Russians continue their magnificent fight. Germans striking at Stalingrad from the south-west have been pushed back in one sector ...

... Grozny. German troops, according to Vichy, have reached Budiennovsk, two-thirds of the way to the Caspian. In the battle for Stalingrad, Soviet troops are firmly holding their positions north-west of Kotelnikovo, 110 miles south-west of the city. The ...

... in the Battle of Stalingrad, but the Germans have gained further ground in their drive on Grozny, the Caucasus oil centre. To-day's Soviet communique indicates that violent battles are still raging in the Don elbow and south-west of Stalingrad where the ...

... spokesman said to-day that the great and decisive battle for Stalingrad had now begun. Reuter's special correspondent, cabling from Moscow to. day, said that the position at both approaches to Stalingrad had seriously deteriorated in the past twenty-four ...

... their advance along the front from Rzhev through Gzhatsk to Viasma. Though the situation in the battle for Stalingrad and the Lower Volga remained ex-, tremely grave, the outlook became no worse during the past twenty-four hours. North-west of the city. Marshal ...

... raid on Stalingrad leaflets were dropped announcing the day and hour of their march into Stalingrad. Through clouds of smoke from the fires the men of Stalingrad marched to the front. Dangerous Thrust The most dangerous thrust towards Stalingrad so far ...