The Archive · 1941

Covering Infantry Units

Our covering infantry units, which Jetreated from the state frontier, fiercely Aghting and checking the ad, Vance of enemy motorized troops and infantry on the Lida-Volkovyssk me, "stu the Lutsk direction, a battle of big mechanized formations. 4s underway. Although in this direction the enemy brought up fresh tank units, all his attempts to break through inthe Novisrad-Volynsk and Shepetovka direction not only were repulsed, but by successive and continuous onslaughts of our tank troops. and fireraft, the bull of enemy tank and motorized troops was routed According to war prisoners, one enemy tank division was completely. anated in the fighting near Lida.

"Our air force succerstully fought the enemy air force, continuously bombed tank units and motorized Infantry which broke through, and by powerful onslaught from the alt assisted our troops especially in the Lutsk direction."

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