English Translation

The Wehrmachvollmligte with the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia and Commander 164 In the Wehrkrais Bübmen and Moravia No. 1736/44 secret. Prague, the 21.10.44. Enemy-lageafficier. Secret. lZ Betre: Situation in Slovakia. Evening announcement of the Dtsch. Commander Slovakia of 20.l0.44: 1.) Enemishment situation: On advance road right attack group l8. SS-Pz.-Gren.Div. In all villages, enemy positions and roadblocks were defended. Därfers were stubbornly defended, for example in Kp.-Strärke. Heavy weapons, isolated Pal, and individual guns. Opponents here briefly trained, .T. newly recruited Slovaks. Leadership slovenak. and sowjetruss. Officers. Deep-flying attack of a single Jabos. In front of Group Sehell several counterattacks in Kp.-Strärke, supported by artillery and a temporary Pz.-Train south of Dobra Niva (12 km S Altsohl). Previously in the area S carp standing gang group in strength pulled from about man to O. Before Div. Tatra Artl.-Störungsfeuer und finel. Spähtrupp activity. In area Bosaca (6 km N Waag-Neustadt) hard forest fencing of a Btl. of the 708. Volksgren Div. with a band group of about 500 men. Here 40 counted enemy dead, ll eig• dead, 8 wounded. In the last nights air supply with numerous airplanes into the room S Poprad, as well as into the space of Neusohl. For this start in Krosno around 8 o'clock, return mostly around 6 00 o' clock. In the last few days, Czech-Slovak brigades in the area of Neusohl were brought along this route: 20 gr.W., 200 gr.Gew., 30 M.G., 500 gr.B. 2) Own position: Right attack group of the l8. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. took Revuca in the midday hours and took possession of Muran at the dawn of darkness (9 km NW Revuca). Further attack from here on Telgart (l5 km NO of it) intended for 2l.l0.. Expanded Abbot of the Div. at Rimav.Bana (i5 km NNW Gr Steffelsdorf) in the fight against stronger enemy. Group Sehell threw in the previous days defeated enemy further back to O and took Senohrad (lo km O Karpf) against weaker enemy vi- derstand. Counterattack N Babina was rejected. At Div. Tatra lively reconnaissance activity. Group Dirlewanger with a Rgt. group on the march to Rosenberg Air Force mission: 4 reconna- tion aircraft, 2 hunters escort protection, 3 Si 204 bomb attack on Pz. train in front of Group Sehell, 4 Ikw destroyed by bomb fire. Weather situation: Predominantly cheerful, mountains partly in the clouds. To the Minister of State tk $\{