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Reds Resist German Attacks

MOSCOW--The Red Army beat off counter-attacks and drove forward on the central front yesterday, blasting the Germans from two defense positions west Rzhev and routing a tankled infantry battalion, the Soviet high command announced today.

The Monday midnight communique failed for the first time since the Red Army launched its Stalingrad offensive on Nov. 19 to report Soviet gains on that front except inside the Volga city where more German strong points and their garrisons were annihilated.

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