The Western Front’s operational summaries for 23 and 26 July described the ensuing action and 13th and 21st Armies’ extremely limited accomplishments in the southern half of its sector.

See Map 45. The situation on Army Group Center’s right wing late on 23 July 1941 and Volume 3 (Documents), Appendix J, 5 and 7.

2000 hours on 23 July 1941, Western Front’s operational summary

•	General Situation – fierce fighting underway with superior enemy forces in the (Documents), Nevel’, Smolensk, and El’nia regions.
•	13th Army – struggling in the Mogilev, Propoisk, and Krichev regions:

♦	61st RC – attacked by up to five enemy infantry divisions in the Pleshchitsy, Kniazhitsy, Selets, Vil’chitsy, and Dary regions since early on 22 July, with the enemy seizing Lupolovo and covering Mogilev with aerostatic obstacles.
♦	4th AbnC – attacked Krichev from the east unsuccessfully on 22-23 July.

•	4th Army – attacked toward Propoisk from the west:

♦	28th and 20th RCs (part) and 219th MRD – captured the northeastern outskirts of Propoisk, where they are still fighting.
♦	20th RC (the remainder) – reached crossings over the Sozh River at Aleksandrovka 1 and 2 [10-15 kilometers east-northeast of Propoisk] from the Pronia River line, with its commander, [Major General Stepan Illarionovich Eremin], wounded.

•	Group Kachalov – dislodged the enemy’s forward units and is now fighting for crossings over the Stomet’ River (18 kilometers southeast of Pochinok), but under heavy enemy air attack.
•	21st Army – fighting in its positions against the enemy LIII, XXXXIII, and XXXV AC, 3rd and 4th PzDs, 1st CD, and 117th IR.

♦	67th RC –defending from Peregon to Bakhan’ [24 kilometers west-southwest to 23 kilometers southwest of Propoisk] with 187th RD, from Zatish’e to Iskany [29-36 kilometers southwest of Propoisk] with 151st RD, and captured the southwestern outskirts of Lazarovichi and Koromka [47-55 kilometers southwest of Propoisk and 35 kilometers northeast of Rogachev] with 102nd RD.
♦	63rd RC – in its previous positions [west of the Dnepr River from northwest of Rogachev to west of Zhlobin], with 117th and 155th RDs to concentrate in Dovsk on the morning and evening of 23 July, respectively.
♦	66th RC – fighting for Novaia Belitsa [4 kilometers northwest of Parichi] and Slobodka [15 kilometers west of Parichi] with 232nd RD, Kurmashev’s Detachment fighting near Rabkor Station [68 kilometers south-southwest of Bobruisk], Armored Train No. 52 fighting encircled in the Zales’e region [10 kilometers north of Rabkor and 55 kilometers south-southwest of Bobruisk], and Armored Train No. 50 located at Kontsevichi Station.
♦	25th MC (50th TD and 219th MRD) – fighting for Propoisk, and 55th TD passed through Zimnitsa [40 kilometers east-northeast of Krichev] with part of its forces. No information available about other units.

•	VVS of the Army – destroyed enemy motor-mechanized units along the El’nia and Iartsevo axes and dropped supplies on the Mogilev airfield.46