English Translation

Everywhere he can recognize every movement of us, besides he sits in solid MG. as a guard, lies in his earth's pool and after the missed sleep. Thus the hours pass, and despite the sharpest guard of the east-extended positions. It shoots from all directions, sometimes on the bank with the glass no enemy movement can be seen. Very peaceful I almost feel as if he was even sitting in the back of us. With short jumps the landscape in front of me. Slightly rising it goes on the east shore at 2 km de- and robbing we work ourselves meters by meters forward, each cover ousnützend. distance up to an estimated 250 m high, an ideal terrain for defense. Not 100 m before me I see a Russian in attack, a short fever blow at 5 pm comes a detector and picks us up. The battalion collects. Hose- from the MG. of my shooter transports him into the beyond. From the right of the boats also followed, with which the narrow Dnieper flank shoots it over to us in the dark. Didn't one scream? Poor, our last natural obstacle, to be taken. Too stupid that it is what is going on? R., a detector from me, has received a knee shot. There! -- Still has to start raining now. With dawning darkness comes Be- once, who has it now? Corporal N., also a leg shot. Always moving into our heap. Always Sman are transferred with a boat. If only the weather wanted to get better again, without Dedke and coat, we can move forward, as soon as the Russian even a rock tip of rain in the night outside should not be a rushing ball night. spooked, the blessing is immediately there. The terrain also gives us almost no possibility to cover. Our artillery now also takes part in the fight Now we are on it with the translation. This time it went off without baptism, one. With well lying width fever the high ridge is occupied. That you have to practice it more often. After everything is brought over, a little air becomes us. Up there in the strike row, the Russian has firmly nested. strong scouts sent off to explore whether the terrain is enemy-free up to a quarry With short jumps, we can continue to protect our artillery in front of half the height. We pull out rifles in series, also work. My throat is completely dried up, the tongue sticks on the palate to the side wide apart, after. No shot falls up to our stop. and how frantically the pulse hammers. To drink is now no time, first the again it has to go to the digging, that belongs now to the war handcraft. Graben before me can be reached. Again a short jump and full cover. Warm food has been promised to us. Thanks to the rain, it was also high time, close to me an MG.-Garbe hunts. Robbend left. Tent track free and with it thickened, as well as possible. Warm it is in the protection of a small floor elevation I work myself the rest of the meters before. just not, the things are still moist, but with fatigue I fall asleep after all. Engine noise makes me wake up, for a long time I can not yet fully pumped out I fall into the running pit. Gradually I have come, Frosting I rise up. Starry Kiar it has become and above me my people also. A short respite and a deep sip from which I can recognize two heavy Russian bombers towards Krementschug. Bottle work wonders. After all but the two failures are there, go The Flak is on the post, already the trap arms of the headlights we reach out on the left in the ditch further to the height. The main resistance seems jetzt in the night sky, it does not take long and they have broken a bomber in the also. Our artillery has given the Russians life very angry- light cones, light-gauge munitions swirls up, a beautiful picture. That was powerful. It bangs on the right and left, but we get well forward. a hit, the bomber burns, moreover it seems to me, ais he also a deep hollow takes us on, here the Russian has no insight. Garnet- loses height. Right, with increasing speed he shoots almost vertical throwers are placed here in order to smoke out the last nests. Down. Still the Flak shoots afterwards. A huge stab flame, later far apart we go on. We have almost reached the height. a dull bang indicates that the bomber has ceased to exist. Long left of me is a grain field from which Russian defectors come. What does it not davert, because still a bomber flies over me in the direction of the southeast, they have before, why do they always look so anxiously back? is that the air seems to have become too thick after all. bar? There is a Russian from the grain field with hand grenades on his At 1 / z at night come the Essenholer with the canisters. Everything is very own comrades. Breathless come the first up to our height. The quickly cheerful and comes thawing and sleepy from the cover holes. Fear is to be seen on their faces and only one word is to come out: for 36 hours the first warm food. I don't remember exactly, but three- "Commissioner!" We are in the picture. Garnet throwers shoot in the field, or even four times I got food. After this strengthening again that no straw stops. As we proceed, we don't come across anyone in the hole and try to close another eye. 3/z o'clock is a general resistance more. The height is reached and we can see how the Russian wake up. The tent track is rolled quickly and the coupling is strapped around. With it was locked in here. War equipment of all kinds lie scattered around. I go with my group again to the 3rd company, the Our Artillery has been hard to clean up here. That is also proved by the many I am subordinated. Hardly reached and reported to the K. boss, we also appear dead Russians, not a beautiful sight for sentimental minds. In the background of the already to the attack. At the finken wing we go up to the height. Dniepr. That the Russian has given up these positions, I almost don't want to believe it, on kilometers he could spend from here every of our movements - We have not yet travelled 200 meters, when the Russian follows us with angry. Now we take the ejected Russian positions, only with the gun and grenade fire received. Difference, that our runs are now still directed east to a possible so yes! I just could not believe that he could face the Dnieper so counterattack. A heavy piece of work lies behind fast. A hard piece of labor is still ahead of us. Who permeates us, but everyone a proud feeling, to have been with us. The enemy has the incredible advantage of being able to act from elevated positions, from bridge head is firmly in our hand, here no Russian can get through! 18. 19