English Translation

- 16 - 18a an excellent hiding place.' An action against the group suspected in the dunes promised only a chance of success in the initial preparations, in particular a comprehensive civil exploration. This was all the more so when it was known that the Wehrmacht had already several times eliminated the area unsuccessfully. According to rumors, the former mayor of Cherson should also be with the guerrillas, probably even their leader. Extensive investigations in the relatives of this man revealed the correctness of this assumption. A person could be determined who was ready to introduce the com-mando to the hiding place of the guersans. In order to prevent the guerrillas from escaping in the rough terrain as far as possible, the Kom- 24 mando was reinforced and moved at dawn of 18.10.41 in concentric attack on the alleged hiding place clear terrain one of the trains suddenly received strong MG and rifle fire. In order to move the opponent's way back, the ring was first tightened and then the enemy fire was returned by the middle thruster. The same squad penetrated into the defensive position of the stubbornly defending guerrillas and silenced the opposing weapons by fighting down the service teams. Two machine gun positions and two well-developed earth bunkers were taken in the Swurm with hand grenades.