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September 26th, 1944   
From the Soviet
  Information Bureau
ENG: Автор фотографии  Г. Чертов

On September 26 to the southwest of the city of TALLINN, our forces were wiping separate enemy groups out of the western coast of Estonia, securing over 200 settlements, including KLOGA-RAND, KURKSE, ALLIKLEPA, ROZLEPA, LINNAMAE, RIDALA, TURU, PUISE, HAESKA, MARTNA, SILLA, LAJKKUL, MIHKLI, and railroad stations of RIZIPERE, ELAMMA, RISTI, TAEBLA, PALIVERE, VIGALA, and ROTSI.
On their way to RIGA, our forces, continuing their offensive, took over the towns of AINAZI, SALACGRIVA, ALOA, LIMBAZI, CESIS, and secured over 300 other settlements, including SVINCIEMS, ASTERE, UMURGA, STALBE, AUCIEMS, SERMUKSI, JAUNPILS, MADLIENA and railroad stations of ALOA, AUSEKLIS, PUITELE, PALE, STAICELE, ZONEPE, AINAZI, CESIS, RAMULI, and AMATA.
To the south and southeast of the town of SANOK, our forces, defying enemy resistance and fortifications on mountainous and forest-clad terrain, secured the city and the railroad station of TURKA - an administrative center of the DROGOBYCH Region, - the settlements of RADOSZICE, OSLAWICA, SMOLNIK, CARYNSKE, BEREZKI, DIDEVA, BOBERKA, JASENICA-ZAMKOWA, and IAWORA.
Elsewhere on the front reconnaissance operations and local combat engagements went on.
On September 25 the Soviet air and air defense forces downed 49 enemy aircraft.

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