The Full Story Of The Fall Of Rostov -- A gun is being brought into the breach in the barricade to caver the next phase in the advance of the German infantry. These pictures tell the full story of the fall of Rostov of the violence of the attack, of the dogged resistance; how every street was turned into a stronghold from which the Russians exacted heavy tell of the attackers and how finally they have been overwhelmed by the sheer weight of metal. October 31, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).