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7/13/2025, 6:57:26 PM
According to the magazine:
>79.Infanterie-Division proved very solid in the defence, even when attacked by masses of Soviet infantry and tanks on 27 May. The key to the German main line of defence in this sector proved to be the tiny village of Borisovka, just east of Kiyevskoye, held by I./Grenadier-Regiment 226. Relentless Soviet artillery bombardments and attacks decimated the German battalion, reducing it to just 83 men, but the village was held. After the battalion commander was badly wounded, Oberleutnant d. R. Karl-Will Lump, commander of 3.Kompanie, assumed command of the survivors.
>On the morning of 28 May, the Soviet 32nd Guards Rifle Division mounted an all-out attack, supported by tanks and artillery, which overran most of Borisovka. Lump was wounded, and after most of their ammunition was exhausted, his men were forced to retreat into one corner of the village.
>However, German doctrine was always to counterattack before the enemy could consolidate on the objective and Lump managed to rally the last 50 survivors and lead them in a desperate effort to recover the village. The Germans surged forward, armed with entrenching tools, bayonets and rifle butts and caught the Soviet infantry by surprise. A frenzied, close-quarter melee ensued, while Lump managed to destroy a Soviet tank with a magnetic mine. The fighting in Borisovka was vicious and typical of the infantry combat in the Kuban. Caught off balance by Lump's counterattack, the Soviets abandoned the village and retreated. Lump, who was wounded six times, was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes for his accomplishment in preventing an enemy breakthrough.
>79.Infanterie-Division proved very solid in the defence, even when attacked by masses of Soviet infantry and tanks on 27 May. The key to the German main line of defence in this sector proved to be the tiny village of Borisovka, just east of Kiyevskoye, held by I./Grenadier-Regiment 226. Relentless Soviet artillery bombardments and attacks decimated the German battalion, reducing it to just 83 men, but the village was held. After the battalion commander was badly wounded, Oberleutnant d. R. Karl-Will Lump, commander of 3.Kompanie, assumed command of the survivors.
>On the morning of 28 May, the Soviet 32nd Guards Rifle Division mounted an all-out attack, supported by tanks and artillery, which overran most of Borisovka. Lump was wounded, and after most of their ammunition was exhausted, his men were forced to retreat into one corner of the village.
>However, German doctrine was always to counterattack before the enemy could consolidate on the objective and Lump managed to rally the last 50 survivors and lead them in a desperate effort to recover the village. The Germans surged forward, armed with entrenching tools, bayonets and rifle butts and caught the Soviet infantry by surprise. A frenzied, close-quarter melee ensued, while Lump managed to destroy a Soviet tank with a magnetic mine. The fighting in Borisovka was vicious and typical of the infantry combat in the Kuban. Caught off balance by Lump's counterattack, the Soviets abandoned the village and retreated. Lump, who was wounded six times, was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes for his accomplishment in preventing an enemy breakthrough.
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