on 1 september the 48th comprised the 128th and 311th rifle divisions, the mountain brigade, the 541st gun artillery regiment of the reserve of the supreme high command and the 21st tank division. at this time, it was commanded by lieutenant general maxim antoniuk. heavy attacks by the german xxxix motorized corps forced the army to abandon mga, a key railway link. akimov was ordered to retake the town, which he did with the help of a fresh division of nkvd border guards, but the town was lost again the next day. during the first week of september the 20th motorized division, reinforced with elements of 12th panzer division, ground its way northwards against the resistance of the mountain brigade and the nkvd men before capturing shlisselburg on lake ladoga on 8 september, isolating leningrad, with the bulk of the army outside, to the east. on 12 september, the remnants of 48th army were disbanded, being reassigned to the new 54th army.