Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1942 — Page 18

pects Land Recaptured

From Nazis and Says That}:

Enemy Uses Under and Over Aged

Men to Fill Gaps in Lines.

|*Ruckelshaus, attorney;

i By LELAND STOWE Copyright, 1903, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Inc.

SOUTHEAST OF RZHEV, Central Russian Front, Sept.}:

Here we are, in one of the towns which the Russians first]. tured in their August two-pronged offensive north and}.

uth of 'Rzhev. The front now is almost 30 miles beyond 8 spot but miles down the road we could hear the boom of » Soviet's big guns pounding away in the vicinity of Rzhev.

From far across the flat rizon, jag-toothed by pine rests, conies the thunder of vy artillery explosives fallata triphammer rate. For 5 now the guns have been roarIng ~and shells bursting at a tempo of one. every two or three seconds. e must be terrific doings away ahead. But alas, we won't get Fenear this time.. We think we want to but if we were up with the infaniry, well in front of those Russian heavies, ¢ probably we'd have moments of very strong doubts.

But here, however, we have learned some interesting things. Peasant women 3 and old men, who ved here through more than nine ths of German occupation, told ‘that the Nazi soldiers on this t for months now have been glled to :live on a ration of ly one pound of bread per day. fers not in: front positions, they d, only got three-quarters of a nd of bread per day. , - “ We have learned here, too, that Nazis recently were obliged to

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their middie 40's or older, youths 16 and 17. A Russian major informed us that during the last three weeks of fighting he, himself,

their uniforms.

one from the headquarters of Gen. division, in which the labor corps front. The documents. explained

that Hitler was ungble to withdraw his shock troops from the south as

Llosses: were great there. So, labor| corps units must be sent as reserves

to this front. ; The fact that the Germans are on short rations on this front and also are using some units of under and overaged, inadequately trained labor corps men, indicates the terrific concentration the Nazi high command requires to keep its southern offensive rolling.

Use Few Tanks Here

According to the Russian major, the Germans likewise have been unable to use large forces of tanks

This, in part, is due to the terrain but may or may not be entirely so.

division was virtually wiped out here.

or light tanks. Soviet troops trapped and captured 30 of these, then de-

the remainder. The Germans used most of their tanks in the Rhzev-Vyazma sector in fixed positions, replacing artillery. In one place here, they had a battalion of ‘12 big guns, 205’s. When the Russians broke through the guns were so morassed in mud that the Nazis were unable to move them and all 12 were captured.

U. S. Tanks See Action

The Russian major assures us that American medium tanks, the General Grants, are seeing plenty of action in this offensive, as also are Yankee light tanks. He says that the General Grant's fire power is first-rate and the armament fine, but that there is just one handicap for this rain soaked area. American mediums, he says, have treads which are too na:row for the most effective use in wet weather here, Our light * tanks, "he describes as okay in all respects. In this village of Pogoreloye Gorodishe—the names mean “burned out settlement,” in memory of what the French did to it in Napoleon's day— we have seen an illuminating example of the Nazis’ forward line fortifications. The Germans dug their entrenchments on the crest of a ridge running right through the village itself; then down a slope across a small river and along a hilltop on the other side. There are narrow, deep trenches ‘and dugouts, excellently - placed firing steps for machine guns. No concrete is used here. The Germans held these positions for seven months, improving them as time went on.

Forces 400 Yards Apart

On a slight knoll above the stream we inspected a typical position. The Russians held their lines for months on the other side of the stream, on lower-ground in the edge of the woods and only 400 yards away. The Germans had deeper, larger dugouts here — several of which had direct hits by the Soviet artillery. In front of these and the trenches, they had three rows of barbed wire and minefields. Here, too, the Germans had built concrete fortifications, these apparently being strictly forward posi‘tions. Russian officers say that the Germans along this front usually construct the strongest fortifications in towns. It seems that the

| strongest Germans positions are

much further back, whic¢h-acgounts

30 miles west of here. Nazis and Bombers

lage on Aug. 4, on the first day of their central front offensive when they broke through to ‘a-depth of 78 miles on a 12 mile. front. By the third day the Nazis had sent several hundred bombers to slow down the Soviet drive. When they gave their bombers fighter protection, they succeeded in this partially. Here again, the Russians broke through chiefly by the superiority of their artillery

serious reverses ‘thanks to their numerical superiority of aircraft. In this sector the Germans aver-

which means a very punishing amount of bombs for the advancing

troops to endure. ‘Despite that, the

We have seen no signs of enemy planes here today. Evidently the| Germans keep them busy close to Where the fighting is. :

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throw into battie units from theirfa semi-trained labor corps, the ar-{ beitsdienst, which consist of men in| and

found German dead from the 82d} and 83d groups of the labor corps} with its crossed hatchets insignia onl

According to the major, the Russians also captured. two documents,|

von Busch of the 14th motorized|

were ordered to the central.Soviet|¥

gi many sections of this front.}

He said that the Nazis’ 5th tank|

They had 70 medium but no heavy}

stroyed or disabled almost all of]

for the heavy fighting now 20 to

The Russians recaptured this vil-|

but again the Nazis escaped mcre|® aged about 330 bomber flights daily|

Russians have kept smashing ahead. | :

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