Current Events July 7, 1942: MILLION NAZI TROOPS PLUNGE TOWARD UKRAINE:

The Galveston Daily News

GALVESTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1942.

MILLION NAZI TROOPS PLUNGE TOWARD UKRAINE

Germans Make Supreme Bid

For Approaches to Vital

Caucasus and Oil Beyond

Half Hitler's

Reserves Are

Said on March

British Troops

Keep Initiative

As Nazis Retreat

Maoris Drive Enemy

Back With Fierce '

Charge With Bayonets

Cairo. Julv 6. AP The British

armv of the Nile retained the in-|

tiative firmly today after, fierce \

Maori troops from New Zealand

had driven the Germans further

back in the El Alamein cauldron

with a terrifying bayonet charge.

The Maoris—descendants of war like

Polynesians from down under

attacked with blood-curdling

screams at the end of a full day of

stiff fighting Sunday in seemingly

impossible weather conditions.

Their steel bayonets flashing in

the moonlight were reported to

have struck terror in the German

and' Italian ranks in wresting

strong point from the enemy.

Their charge came after heavy',artillery

and tank duels in" which

the axis had lost large numbers of

men and 'machines.