Order to the Armies of the South-Western Front, June 27, 1920

Source: Tom 17

To the Commanders of the 12th, 14th, and Cavalry Armies.

Copy to the Commanders of the 15th Army, Commander-in-Chief, Commander of the Western Front, and Chief of Staff of the South-Western Front.

Sinelnikovo station, June 27, 1920, 21:00. Map: 10 versts per inch.

The valiant units of the Cavalry Army, having forced the River Sluch and broken through the enemy's fortified position with several rows of barbed-wire entanglements, at 10:00 on June 27 captured Novograd-Volynsky and are pursuing the enemy in a westerly direction. The count of captured trophies and prisoners is in progress. I order:

1) The Commander of the 12th Army -- to continue the decisive execution of my latest directive, with Mozyr and Olevsk to be occupied no later than June 28. The strike group is to force the River Sluch in the Lyudvinopol-Berezno area and, upon seizing no later than July 3, in conjunction with units of the Cavalry Army, the Kostopol-Rovno area, to vigorously develop the thrust in an outflanking move past Sarny in the general direction of Stepan-Chartoriysk.

2) The Commander of the Cavalry Army, swiftly pursuing the defeated enemy and capturing his equipment and prisoners, is to occupy the Shepetovka area by June 29 and the Rovno area no later than July 3.

3) The Commander of the 14th Army, by a decisive thrust, is to seize the Staro-Konstantinov-Proskurov area no later than June 29; at the same time, by a swift cavalry thrust outflanking the enemy, to separate the Dniester group of the enemy from his remaining forces and, driving it to the Dniester, to liquidate it by a separate defeat, not allowing it to escape across the Galician border.

4) Report receipt and orders issued.

Member of the Revolutionary Military Council: Stalin.

Acting Chief of Staff of the South-Western Front, General Staff: Libus.

Commander of the South-Western Front: Egorov.

Source: Kakurin N., Melikov V. Civil War in Russia: The War with White Poland, pp. 646-647.