Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1941 — Page 11

‘Annihilate,’ ‘Exterminate’ Are Watchwords in German Rout.

MOBCOW, Dec. 17 (U. P).—Red army forces are driving the remnants of & broken German army toward the head waters of the Volga river in the Valdai hills after recapturing the important eity of Kalinin, 100 miles northwest of Moscow, it was asserted today. London dispateites said the Russians in the n sector northwest of Moscow today pounded retreating Germans with captured enemy guns, while on other fronts advances continued over a wide area. Driving into Kalinin, key point on the Moscow-Ii d railroad, under orders not only to defeat but to exterminate all Germans in their h, the Red army then drove on 3 Vysokoye, 40 miles toward the Volga. i They were reported advanting still, leaving salvage to sort out enotmous quantities of war inaterials which the Germans perforce abandoned. ‘Annihflate Enemy’ It was asseftéd in & communique that the Russians defeated the entire German Ninth Army, commanded by Col-Gen. Gustav Stratis, and smashed the § 110th, 179th, 161th, 182d and 281st Infantry Divisions. The Russians were led by Lieut. Gen. Muaslennikov and Maj. Gen. Yushkevich. “Abundant trophies which are now being gounted fell into our hands,” the communique said. “Our troops are pursuing and ahnthilating the retreating enemy.” (All reports indicated that the Russians were mercilessly wiping out the Germans who had invaded their territory and driven within 20 miles of Moscow. References to “extermination” and “annihilation” were increasingly frequent and United Press listening posts heard the RusSiah radios urging - their troops "not to let a single German escape alive”

Active on All Fronts

(A London Daily Mail Stockholm jispatch sald Premier Josef Stalin had presided at a grand war counei! at the Kremlin to consider the immediate start of what was to have 9%: a spi offensive. The Daily ail sa Russi guarters in St olf “assum that the advisability of a declaration of war on Japan was also dise | (The dispatch asserted also that Field Marshal Vassily Bluecher, former commander in chief in the Far East who at times had been variously réported purged and under arrest, was in command of the Russian Volga armies, with Marshals Klement Voroshilov and Semyon Budenny under him.) A great Russian drive continued also on the front south of Moscow where it was asserted officially that the Red Army had retaken Volove, 50 miles south of Tula. (In addition Germany reported the Russians counter-attacking in the Crimea, and Finland reported them in a big counter-offensive the Lake Daduga-Lake Onega area of the Finnish front)

ing on nearly all fronts.

Six months after Germany invaded Russia, the Nazi war machine has stowed down to a halt and Is going into reverse. Map spots highlights of Hitler's campaign in Russia, where Germans are retreat

German war communique admitted today that the German army was in retreat on the eastern front— “shortening the front according to plan.”

The German high command in a communique broadcast by the official German news agency and heard by the United Press listening post here said: “During the transition from of|fensive operations to positional | warfare for the wintér months, the (necessary improvement of the front on several sectors of the eastern front and the sh of the Hy are proceeding according to an.” Russia had reported great German armies retreating before a Red army drive on stretches extending for hundreds of miles along the 1000-mile front, Russian units had advanced as much as 40 miles in recent days on some of the most important stretches and Russian communiques indicated the Germans in full retreat. A British military commentator id today that the Russian ad the Moscow area continued on.

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LONDON, Dee. 17 (U. P)—A'

'Refreat in Russia Proceeds According to Plan'<Berlin

seemed to be strong pressure for the first time against the Germén cehter In which hundreds of thousands of crack troops were massed. The German cbmmunique re ported that the German air force “continued” to attack with bombing and fighter formations Russian troo tank concentrations and artillery batteries in the Don River area in the south and on the Moscow front, It was asserted that batteries had been put out of action and a great number of vehicles destroyed. Heavy Russian losses were alleged in the Volkhov sector south of Lene

ingrad. In Libya the communique reported heavy German counter-attacks and. sald British attacks near Bardia had been thrown back with heavy loss.

“ROUND UP AMERICANS

VICHY, France, Dec. 17 (U.P) — The American Embassy learned unofficially and without confirmation today that German authorities were rounding up American males in Als and them in an Ate house«at a univer south of Paris.

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Claims Successful Landing On Cebu in Heart of Philippines.

By UNITED PRESS Radio Berlin reported from Shanghai today that Japanese forces had made a successful land-

Ming on Cebit Island, in the heart of

the southern Philippines after a heavy bombardment by Japanese planes. Radio Paris, German controlled, asserted that Japanese troops had Secupica Se Veal Philippines airand now “seriou meh« NE — e radio, heard by the United Préss in London, asserted that ipatest landed - Borneo had adva as far as of Celebes

(This would mean that the Japanese, reported to have landed the te coast, would hate marched clear across the island to reach the Netherlands Indies side)

a Tanks Peril Singapore? Radio Beflin said Japanese tlhe hat been landed on the Mala peninsuls of Malaya, on the west coast only 200 miles above Singa« pore, and on the east coast, and that they were expected to go into action soon. Rome radio said that the Japanese had advanced 100 miles: in their drive down the Malaya p ! after ing five Brit positions one after the other,

ae 1y o Jat the “Japanese ad sunk two “more enemy ships” in the Pacific. v Radio Rome reported from Tokyo at Japanese reconnaissance planes had “raided” Batavia, capital of he eae ast Indies, and at “the cken ulation fe to the forests.” op

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