Russian troops retreating through the Caucasus have put the torch to the wheat fields and granarles of the Kuban valley, one of the richest farm areas in the country, Moscow announced Sunday, and the Germans claimed to have captured both Maikop and Krasnodar, pipe line and refinery centers of the Maikop oil fields.
The Russians beat back both arms of the pincers drive on Stalingrad, in dustrial capital of the Lower Volga, in ferocious tank battles, and they claimed to have boxed off one big German armored force in theat sector, but they admitted a steady retreat along the Southwest end of the Caucasus line.
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