Name day: Bernard, Cyprian
Sunrise 6:24 am; sunset 7:10 pm; average air temperature: 10°C
Partly cloudy; Vistula river level: 57 cm



          After four days of fights, the Red Army in cooperation with the Polish First Army seizes the whole of Praga and Saska Kępa (Saxon Meadow). The units of the Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division capture the center of Praga.

          In view of strong German attacks on Czerniaków, Lieutenant Colonel Jan Mazurkiewicz ("Radosław") decides to concentrate his troops near the Vistula bank in order to secure the area where the Soviet Army could establish beachheads.
          Heavy casualties make it impossible to man all the barricades in Powiśle Czerniakowskie.
          Lieutenant Colonel "Radosław" resolves to shorten the frontline and maintain the Vistula bank at all costs. The positions by the river are manned by the remains of the "Zośka", "Parasol" ("Umbrella"), "Czata" ("Watch") and "Kryska" battalions.
          The Kedyw Group and "Kryska" units concentrate in a small area bounded by Okrąg, Czerniakowska and Zagórna Streets.
          At night two female messengers make their way from Powiśle Czerniakowskie to the Praga riverbank in order to establish contact with the command of the Polish and Soviet Armies.

          The Home Army soldiers make another attempt to recapture St. Lazarus Hospital, launching an attack from Three Crosses Square. A strong German counterattack is repelled in this area.

          The Germans carry out the next stage of the operation "the Vistula bank".
          In Marymont, following a fire attack, strong groups of enemy infantry and armored forces launch an all-out assault, advancing along both Słowackiego and Gdańska Streets.
          Despite putting up fierce resistance to the advancing enemy, the troops commanded by "Żywiciel" ("Breadwinner") are not able to withstand the German attack in the open ground and retreat behind the line of Potocka Street. As a result, the insurgents lose a vast area stretching from Bielany to Krasińskiego Street.
          The enemy invades Marymont and massacres its civil population.

          The "Alkazar" stronghold, situated at the corner of Odyńca Street and Aleje Niepodległości in Mokotów, undergoes heavy bombardment.

          The Commander-in-chief signs a decree on appointing Colonel Antoni Chruściel "Monter" ("Assembler"), the Commander of the Home Army Warsaw District, to the rank of Brigade General.

edited by: Maciej Janaszek-Seydlitz

translated by: Beata Murzyn