October on the eastern front was mostly quiet. The red army attempted a full scale breakout into Romania but strong German defences and a well timed counter attack stabilised the defences on the 16th.
The motorcycle messengers carried the information with all speed to the High Command that the situation was a stalemate. Fearing more of the now feared Russian hordes, due to the losses in the north during September, the German army withdrew to a more defensible position on the other side of the river Dnestre, carelessly leaving an area big enough for the red army to establish bridgehead without defence.
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