 Up to 11 July, the division numbered no more than one regiment.On 6 August 1941, the division was transferred to the Separate Coastal Army, which was entrusted with the defense of Odessa, but before managing to link up with the Separate Coastal Army, the division was cut off, without linking up with the main forces of the army, and was forced to withdraw to the Southern Bug River.Then the division was involved in defensive and offensive battles on the Rostov axis, holding the line on the river Mius.