Dvinsk
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noun
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To the north, Marshal Bagramian began an encirclement of Dvinsk in Latvia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to Bialystok, the towns conquered in one day by the Red Armies were Lvov and Stanislavov in southern Poland, Dvinsk in Latvia, and Shavli, an important rail junction in Lithuania.
From Time Magazine Archive
South of Dvinsk, before the village of Malogolska, the German troops had to evacuate their first-line of trenches when the arising floods of neighboring rivers inundated them.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
Farther south, in the Dvinsk sector German positions were subjected to strong artillery bombardment at many points, especially at Mechkele, and just north of Vidzy.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
The artillery activity south of Dvinsk and Smorgon, which had been lively for some days, continued.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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