STATESVILLE DAILY RECORD
STATESViLLE, N. .C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942
NEW RUSSIAN DRIVE MAKES HEADWAY
Axis Africa Corps A re Still Retreating
Red Army Sweeps
Steadily Ahead
In Great Push
Village After Village Is
Falling Before the Advance.
Nazi Losses Are
Tremendous.
By UNITED PRES
The great new Russian drive
on the middle Don front is be-
lieved to be nearing its next ob-
jectlve — the key railroad town of
Millerovo .
The Moscow noon communique
says the Red Army columns,
sweeping steadily southward, are
brushing aside desperate Nazi
counter-attacks .
Pursuing British
Only 20 Miles
Behind Germans
Africa Corps Passes Up
Series Of Excellent Defense
Stands. Retreat
Remains Orderly.
By UNITED PRESS
The Africa Corps is retreating
through one of the last natural
defense barriers east of Tripoli,
without even slowing up.
Today's Allied communique re.
ports heavy air attacks on Axis
transport columns continuing1
their flight 50 miles west of
Sirte.
This means the Africa Corps
has passed up a series of deep.
dried-up river beds that begin at
Sirte and provide an excellent de.
fense line.
JAP DEFENSES
AROUND BUNA
ARE CRUMBLING
American Light Tanks
Crush Japanese Left
Flank. Allied Artillery
On Job.
By UNITED PRESS
Japanese defenses around Buna
mission on the New Guinea coast
are crumbling under a powerful
allied assault.
American light tanks, manned
by Australians, have crushed the
Japanese left flank — a strong belt
of concrete and steel pillboxes
that withstood infantry assault
for 31 days
No comments:
Post a Comment