30. Dezember 1943
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| Position “Ilse/Anna” | 
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Alarm! The Russians are coming![1]
In front of our positions, the terrain slopes very gently down to a broad, shallow depression and then rises just as gradually to the opposite side until it reaches its highest elevation about three kilometres away.[3] And over this elevation they now come in droves. One kilometre wide, the slope is strewn with countless small black strokes that slowly approach over the snow-covered surface. Now I can recognise the details of the figures. I can distinguish arms and weapons. The first black fountains of earth burst up between these swarms of ants. Our artillery fires between them, but the attackers are so far apart that this sparse bombardment is ineffective. They are getting closer and closer. I’m not firing yet. Calmly I let them run up. The shorter the distance, the better our hit results.
Our infantry guns begin to fire. Now the Ivans are already taking cover from the impacts. And then, when the heavy 15 cm gun roars between them so that the earth trembles, they dig themselves into the snow.
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- ↑ certainly the “advance in coy strength in the afternoon towards the centre of the 257th I.D.”, which was defeated (Tagesmeldung XXX. A.K. 30.12.43 - 19.00 in KTB PzAOK 1, NARA T-313 Roll 64 Frame 7300539)
- ↑ KTB AOK 6, NARA T-312 Roll 1468 Frame 000227
- ↑ Positions on the ridge 1 km east of Wessela Ukrainka/Wessjolaja Ukrainka looking eastwards onto the heights 1 km east of Selenyi Klin. The situation map proves the correctness of both the description and the ensuing editor’s guess.