On September 22, the forces of the Leningrad Front in a sweeping offensive took over an important naval base and a large Baltic Sea port —the city of TALLINN (REVEL), the capital of Soviet Estonia, and secured over 800 other settlements, including the city and railroad junction of TAPA, the city of PAJDE, the city of PILTSAMA, important settlements of KUNDA, HALJALA, KUSALU, KABERLA, KEHRA, LEHSTE, JARVA MADICE, JARVA JANI, PETRI, KOIGI, JARAVERE, RASNA, VITSJARVE and railroad stations of KILTSI, TAMSALU, NIMKULA, JANEDA, AEGVIDU, MUSTJOE, and KEHRA.
To the northwest and west of the town of VALGA our forces secured over 60 settlements, including RANDA, RIJDAJA, ALA, KURE, SALDERI, DAKSTI, TURNA and the railroad station of OMULI.
To the southeast of the town of SANOK, our forces fought relentlessly to secure over 30 settlements, including ZERNICA, WOLKOWYA, BUKOWEC, TERKA, RAJSKE, SOKOLE, TELESNICA OSWAROWA, POLJANA, CZARNA, GALUWKA, MSZANEC, and PLOSKO.
In Western Romania, our forces, together with the Romanian Army, took over the town and major railroad junction of ARAD, and secured over 50 other settlements, including such important points as SEPREUS, PADUREN, SIMANDUL, SFINTA ANA, GAI, ARADUL NOU, FELNAK, MAILAT, TEMESKENE and railroad stations of NADAB, SIMANDUL, SFINTA ANA, KEREMIDERIA, GLOGOVAC, ARADUL NOU, ZADERLAK, and FELNAK.
Elsewhere on the front reconnaissance operations and local combat engagements went on.
On September 21 our forces destroyed 62 German tanks on all fronts. The Soviet air and air defense forces downed 12 enemy aircraft.