This was an interesting battle pitting a very strong German force against an NKVD battalion backed up by RKKA infantry, with no real support weapons. The Germans must control the east-west road at the end of 5 hours.

The Russians defended with their NKVD units forward in a forest south of the road. They were utterly demolished by a German steamroller of infantry, HMGs and StuGs. However, after this initial success, the Germans repeatedly failed to follow up their attack by making it to the north side of the road, where the remainder of the Soviet infantry awaited them. What seemed like a sure German victory turned into a Russian victory because they couldn't put across an organized assault.