g. The Russian armies west and southwest of Zinoviesk,
probably amounting to between fifteen and twenty-five divisions,
are being attacked by the Axis armies along a semi-circular front
extending from Cetatea Alba at the mouth of the Dniester through
Balta to Uman. Two large bridges have been built by German
pioneers across the middle Dniester near Dubossary.
 
            h. On July 31st the German High Command reports that
these half-enclosed Russian forces launched a major counterattack 
in a northerly direction from Perwomaisk. Very fierce fighting 
occurred on this day near Novoarchangelsk.
 
            i. The fate of the Russian armies fighting to the west
and southwest of Zinoviesk now hangs in the balance.
 
 
 
                                           SHERMAN MILES,
                                           Brigadier General, U. S. Army,
                                           Acting Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2.
 
Distribution:
 
      THE PRESIDENT
      Secretary of War
      Assistant Secretary of War 
      Chief of Staff 
      War Plans Division
      Office of Naval Intelligence
      General Embick