Lagus pursued retreating Soviet IR 52 eastward with his light units and reached Tolvajärvi July 12.
Lagus unsuccessfully tried to encircle the retreating Soviet forces and had by the evening reached Tuuloksenjoki, but Soviet tanks and artillery managed to stop the advance of his light forces there.
The 1st division (Col. Paalu) had arrived and was given to VI Corps on July 16, but it was not until July 20 when they reached the fast-moving front line and released attachment Järvinen to their attack towards Vitele.
Lagus toimii taistelurintamalla tiiviinä ryhmänä käyttäen kaikkia mahdollisia aseita, jalkaväkisotilaista, tykistöstä ja ajoneuvoista aina raskaimpiin panssarivaunuihin.
Lagus kokoontuu taistelurintamalle joka päivä ja viikonloppuisin suoritamme
Hyökkäyksen alkaessa 1.Jääkäriprikaatia komensi jääkärieversti Ernst RubenLagus.
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During the cease-fire the situation with Finnish tanks got much better as tanks captured in the Winter War could be reconditioned into the use of Finnish troops.
Out of these tanks was formed one Tank Division, which was placed under the command of the newly appointed general-major and future Mannerheim-cross knight, Ernest RubenLagus.
Lagus then made an introduction- and study trip to Germany, whose tank forces were at the time considered to be the best in the World.
The Armoured Battalion, however, did not engage in the first phase of the battle with the 1st Jäger Brigade.
After a couple of days into the operations Colonel Lagus received the whole of the Ilves Division (5th Division) under his command, and the Reinforced 1st Jäger Brigade came under the command of Jäger Lieutenant-Colonel Väinö Merikallio (the former commander of the Jäger Battalion 4).
After Tuulosjoki river was reached, the command structure was reorganised and the Detachment Lagus was founded on 25th July 1941.
(col. RubenLagus) from Group O. With strong artillery support he unleashed 5th Division (Col. Koskimies) to Korpiselkä July 10 and the defenders were overwhelmed by next morning.
Talvela wasn't satisfied with aggressiveness of Koskimies, and he relieved him from the command and gave 5th Division to Col. Lagus.
Lagus continued his offensive immediately along the north-eastern coast of Lake Ladoga.
Battlegroup Puroma manages to reach Kuuterselkä, destroying several tanks along the way (one of the gunners in the Finnish StuGs was Lance-Corporal Olof Lagus, the 18-year-old son of Maj. Gen.
RubenLagus, commander of the Armored Division - he scored four kills during the coming battle).
There Col. Puroma's battlegroup is locked in battle with the main forces of the Soviet 72nd Division (185th Tank Regiment, 351st Guards Heavy Assault Gun Regiment, 46th AT-Brigade and 119th Separate AT Battalion).
