Soviet side of the second part of the Kriv offensive of September 1942(Finnish side probably later)
In the area of the 289th Infantry Division in the north end of Krivjärvi, three 1048th infantry regiment companies started their attack at 8am. The Finnish troops were surprised and their resistance was low and they had to abandon their positions. The companies took over the Finnish positions in the area and reached their targets within about an hour. The Third Company of the Regiment was at the northwestern end of the hills and the second and fifth companies at the southeast end. According to the Battle Report, the casualties of the troops at this point was only two dead and three wounded. There were 27 enemy bodies found in the captured area.
During the evening, the enemy's repeated squad and platoon strength counterattacks were repelled. On 16 September at 2am, Finnish artillery fired a very strong concentration in the captured area. It is estimated that there were 20 mortars and 40 field guns firing. The enemy was estimated to have shot 3600 artillery grenades and the same amount of mortar ammunition.
After the artillery concentration, Finns started counter-attack with two companies. The fifth company had to partially withdraw to its starting positions. In the northwest, the third company lost a small part of its area. Major General Tommola arrived at this time at the 1048th Infantry Regiment and took the lead. The Fifth Company, Ninth Company and one company from 1044th Infantry Regiment, supported by artillery and rocket launchers, began their attack at 5am. Previously lost positions once captured from the enemy in the southeast were recovered.
The Finns then shot the area with an estimated 18 mortars, 52 cannons and an armored train. The enemy had 66 tubes for every front line kilometer. The total number of munitions used by Finns on September 16 was about 10,500. The firing caused severe losses to the troops grouped into the conquered hillside. The next night, they continued to repulse attacks by small enemy units.
On 17 September, Major General Tommola decided to recapture the areas lost by the third company. Lieutenant Colonel Sklovski's 1044th Infantry Regiment's Second Battalion replaced the exhausted 1048th infantry regiment troops in the captured Finnish positions during the night of 17-18 September. The battalion captured the Finnish positions in the hills area on September 19, at 5 am. The Finnish army's artillery concentration began at 8.45 in the north end of Krivjärvi. At 11 o'clock, the attack of two reinforced enemy companies began. In the north-western part of the hills area, the troops held their position, but in the south-eastern area, the Finnish troops seized the western slope of the hill.
Major General Tommola's 289th Infantry Division switched to defence on September 19 at 22:00. Later in the HQ report, Krivjärvi's northern end operation was considered a success. However, it came with a heavy price. The division's total losses were 873 men; 220 dead and 653 wounded. Of the fallen, 22 were officers. The heaviest losses were in the infantry regiments that attacked in the northern end of Krivjärvi, of which 1044th losses were 325 men and 1048th 333 men.
As a general rule, the enemy's losses were estimated to be greater than own. According to the report, the enemy's losses were 1460 men*. In the battles, two men of the Finnish 3rd Brigade were taken prisoner of war. Three machine guns, three rifles, three rifles, six submachine guns, one mortar and two radio transmitters were captured during the operation. Own equipment losses were one machine gun, eleven rifles, 147 rifles 49 machine guns and one destroyed 120mm cannon.
(by Juri Kilin in "Jatkosodan Torjuntataisteluja 1942-44" ["Defensive Battles of the Continuation War 1942-44"])
Google translation w/ corrections. (and yes, the writing is as confusing in the book as it is here)
*Finnish losses (KIA) between 15th and 19th September 1942 were 209 men/women. This includes all fronts and all causes of death.
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