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German but we have no definite information on that point.
     The Rumanian troops, judging by the dead we saw on the field and by the appearance of
the prisoners, were far below the standard of the Soviet troops.  The Rumanians were equipped
for the most part with second-rate arms and horse-drawn artillery, although we saw a few modern
German tanks and guns.  We also saw destroyed German Focke-Wolf, Heinkel and Junkers
airplanes.
     While the Russian equipment was not in every respect modern it was superior to that of
the Rumanians.
     Throughout the entire salient we were hardly ever out of view of dead horses and dead
Rumanian soldiers.
 
THOMPSON
 
JT