Order of the Day, August 24, 1944

Order of the Day, addressed to Army-Generals Tolbukhin and Malinovsky, announces that troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, with vigorous collaboration of troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, as a result of a skilful outflanking manœuvre and a frontal attack to-day, August 24, captured by storm the capital of the Moldavian S.S.R. – the city of Kishinev, an important communications junction and powerful strong-point in the enemy defences. The Order mentions 35 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen, airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have distinguished themselves. A salute of 24 salvoes was fired from 324 Moscow guns.