On the Eastern Front… Budenny, commanding the Soviet armies in the Ukraine, begins to withdraw as many of his troops as possible behind the line of the Dniepr River.
In the area of German Army Group Center there are fierce engagements near Gomel, east of the Pripet Marshes.
In the north the German forces of Army Group North take Kingisepp, on the Luga River, east of Narva; there is also heavy fighting near Novgorod, on the Volkhov River, north of Lake Ilmen.