On July 27, the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps, in cooperation with the combined arms units of 51st Army, liberated Šiauliai; the troops of the right wing of the Front in interaction with the forces of the 2nd Baltic Front freed Daugavpils.
On July 27, the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps, in cooperation with the combined arms units of 51st Army, liberated Šiauliai, which had been held by a scratch force led by Hellmuth Mäder. The troops of the right wing of the Front in interaction with the forces of the 2nd Baltic Front freed Daugavpils.