... strength reduced to a minor defensive role. If the retreating army reaches that sector a still organised force the battle for Stalingrad may yet bring the German drive to standstill with its impetus spent. ...

... . THREE MAJOR BATTLES. i Moscow reports say three great battles are raging in widely-separated regions Bataisk, south of Rostov ; Tsyinlyanskaya, to the east; and south-west of Ivletskaya miles from Stalingrad. Dozens of smaller battles are being fought ...

... south-west of Salsk, on the Stalingrad-Krasnodar railway. Other areas of fighting were Kletskaya, in the Don bend; Tsymlyanskaya, scene of Nazi crossing of the Don; and Kushchevskaya, south of Rostov. The 13 days' old battle in the Don elbow for the ...

... NAZIS FACE FIERCE OFFENSIVE AT RZHEV STALINGRAD'S . DANGER GROWS While the battle for Stalingrad rages with renewed intensity, Berlin reports massed Soviet relief attacks in the area of Rzhev, north-west of Moscow. Tho Rzhev fighting is of unprecedented ...

... NAZI ATTACKS SMASHED ON STALINGRAD FRONT Soviets Pressed Back In Caucasus Desperate efforts which Von Bock is making to smash through to Stalingrad strengthen the conviction in Moscow that this front plays a more important part in Nazi strategy than conquest ...

... attack* on Stalingrad, key-point on the Volga. It has been clear for some time that the Red Army has been fighting no more than delaying actions in the Northern Caucasus, but has concentrated its main strength on the resolute defence of Stalingrad. That gives ...

... LIKELY. News of this check —received from Moscow last night—refutes the German claim, quoted in Stockholm, that the battle for Stalingrad is now going on in the immediate vicinity of the Volga's west bank. But it is clear that Timoshenko's heroic armies ...

... MENACE TO STALINGRAD MORE GRAVE DECISIVE BATTLE BEGUN, SAYS BERLIN PANZERS REPORTED 40 MILES FROM CITY Berlin declares that the decisive battle for Stalingrad is on, and Soviet reports leave no room for doubt that the fateful events at the approaches ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE VOLGA There is no doubt that the climax of Hitler's summer campaign in Russia has been reached in the furious tank and air attacks now being hurled against Stalingrad from three sides. This battle, more than anything that is likely to ...

... Fierce Rzhev Battle After Stalingrad there is one thought in Russian minds —Rzhev. The German defence has proved to be exceedingly stubborn. They want to hold this place if they possibly can, and their troops are being hurled forward time after time in ...

... Nazi Unit Encircled In Stalingrad Battle New Threat To City From South Russian forces north and west of Stalingrad have driven the Germans and Italians back at several points, but in the south Soviet troops have had to give ground. A German unit has been ...

... is heavily bombing Stalingrad and the villages in the immediate rear in an attempt to panic the population. One Rotterdam raid On Stalingrad was made by 150 bombers coming in from three sides. Overhadowed the battle for Stalingrad, ...