Dvinsk
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noun
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In addition to Bialystok, the towns conquered in one day by the Red Armies were Lvov and Stanislavov in southern Poland, Dvinsk in Latvia, and Shavli, an important rail junction in Lithuania.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the north, Marshal Bagramian began an encirclement of Dvinsk in Latvia.
From Time Magazine Archive
A German trench was captured by Russian infantry ably supported by artillery west of Dvinsk, but neither southwest nor south of this fortress were the Russians able to register any success.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
In all the valley of that river, from Dvinsk to Riga, there is no crossing save at the little town of Friedrichstadt, some fifty miles from the coast.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward
Farther north, too, the lively fighting activity at Riga, Dvinsk, and Smorgon continued.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
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