The Montana Standard
BUTTE,.MONTANA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1942
U. S. Forces Blast Seven Jap
Warships in Gigantic Battle
Solomons Again
Are Scene of
Heavy Fighting
American Naval and Air Units Meeting
Nipponese Attempt to Recapture
Vital Bases,* Engagement Still Raging
WASHINGTON, AUG. 28.-(U.P)-American and Japanese
naval and air forces are locked In a mighty new battle of
the Solomons which already has cost the enemy at least
seven warships damaged—including two aircraft carriers
and a battleship—.and 21 planes destroyed, the Navy disclosed
Tuesday,
A communique revealed that the second—and perhaps
decisive round of the Solomons struggle burst forth Sunday
when a "strong" Japanese striking force attacked in a
desperate effort to recapture Islands wrested from them
less than a fortnight ago by United States Marines.
But the American forces were
ready for Just such a "violent attempt,
the Navy said, and it “is
now being met" In a "large scale"
battle.
Moscow Germans Drive
Germans Drive
to Gateway
of Stalingrad
Russians Reveal
Battle for City
Has Been Opened
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Aug.
The Battle of Stalingrad
has begun, the Soviet
high command revealed today
in announcing that massive
German tank and infantry
forces were beating heavily
against Red army defenses
"northwest of Stalingrad"
listed for the first time as a
battle area.
Soviet defenders of the great city
on the Volga were reported officially
to have repulsed German
armored forces attacking in waves,
taking an "enormous" toll of enemy
troops and machines.
Earlier front-line dispatches said
that after big German reinforcements
poured across the Don loop
40 miles from Stalingrad, a tremendous
onslaught was launched
against the outer defenses of the
city, with dive bombers blasting the
Red army lines and parachute
troops dropping down behind them.
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