Name day: Eugenia, Jan
Sunrise 6:23 am; sunset 7:12 pm; average air temperature: 10°C
Sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon; Vistula river level: 57 cm



          Throughout the day, first Soviet units march into Praga.

          The Germans decide to blow up the bridges in Warsaw. In the early morning they blow up Poniatowski Bridge, in the evening the railway bridges: Średnicowy and Gdański, and just before midnight - Kierbedź Bridge.

          Czerniaków. The enemy carries out its heaviest attacks in an attempt to push the insurgents off the banks of the Vistula River. The German fire wreaks havoc on the positions held by the insurgents in Powiśle Czerniakowskie. The enemy systematically one after another wipes out the Polish positions in the area of the Port in Czerniaków and on the even side of Łazienkowska Street.
          The Home Army troops, decimated by the enemy's fire, are forced to withdraw from the Czerniakowski Port, the other side of Łazienkowska Street, the rubbles of Przemysłowa Street and the Gas Factory on Ludna Street. The partisans retreat behind the line of Czerniaków district.
          They also pull back from the premises of St. Lazarus Hospital.
          Powiśle Czerniakowskie is now cut off from Śródmieście.

          An unsuccessful counterattack of the "Czata 49" ("Watch 49") battalion towards the entrance of Książęca Street onto Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses) Square. The insurgents fail to restore a connection between Czerniaków and Śródmieście.

          The Germans capture the edifice of the Social Insurance Institution - several dozen injured insurgents lose their lives in the building engulfed by fire.

          The enemy methodically levels down all larger buildings, using air raids and artillery fire for that purpose.

          Corporal Reserve Officer Cadet Bernard Wojciech Mencel "Paweł Janowicz", the commander of the megaphone patrol of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army Headquarters, is killed in the attack.

          On the night of 13 and 14 September first Soviet airdrops with equipment for the Warsaw insurgents are carried out. 282 planes take part in the operation. The airdrops, containing 30 tons of food supplies, 1200 grenades and 80 firearms, fall onto the territory of Żoliborz, Śródmieście and Powiśle.

edited by: Maciej Janaszek-Seydlitz

translated by: Beata Murzyn