23 August 1941
10. and 15. Division reach river Vuoksi - river Suvanto line.
Russian forces encircled in Kilpola island withdraw across Lake Ladoga.
Finnish daily losses: 226
Machine gun dugout
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24 August 1941
Units of 8. Division cross Gulf of Viipuri unopposed to Lihaniemi.
Finnish daily losses: 307
Wartime drawing.
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25 August 1941
East Karelia: 11.Division's attack to the Säämäjärvi-Suotjärvi isthmus begins at 1500hrs.
Karelian Isthmus: 12.Division cuts the Viipuri-Leningrad railway near Kämäri.
Russian counter-attack on the east side of Viipuri against 18.Division's bridgehead west of river Vuoksi is repelled.
KevPrT's commander Colonel Matti Tiiainen is mortally wounded when his tent is hit by a artillery shell.
Units from 8.Division capture the railstation at Sommee on the southwest side of Viipuri and Tienhaara to the northwest of the city.
Finnish daily losses: 320
Last war's scars in Taipale.