Tough, tough, tough on the Russians. Despite favourable odds in terms of sheer numbers, crossing open ground is never an easy thing, and that's exactly what the Sov's had to do in order to dislodge the smaller but determined Germans occupying the town. Attempts to use the mortars and heavy guns to soften the German forces did little and, perhaps unwisely, the Soviets pressed on into the town to attempt to get close enough to assault. Only a few Russian units made to the town unscathed, leaving far too diluted a force pool to launch anything like a reasonable attack. German counterattacks were ineffective, as well, so the Russians at least had a small window to try to rally and attack once more. In the end, time simply ran out; each time the Russians would rally and attempt to reinforce an assault hex, another unit would fall into disorder and precious momentum would never be gained. Result: Overwhelming German victory, with only 1½ steps lost and half the town still in their possesion, vs. 10 steps lost for the Russian side.