in the south the soviet 109th and 388th rifle divisions were forced back along the coast by the german 72nd and 170th infantry divisions while the romanian corps' 18th mountain division dislodged the soviet 386th rifle division threatening xxx corps' right flank. the battles continued to grind on until 20 june. in six days, xxx corps had lost 2,646 men. in exchange the outer defences of the 388th rifle division had been broken and the formation effectively destroyed. still, the german advance on balaklava had been halted. the germans had not yet reached its outer defences and the sapun ridge to the east of the town was still under soviet control . by 15 june, some 1,000 soviet soldiers and 1,500 mortar bombs had been captured indicating the soviet forces had plenty of ammunition after two weeks of battle.