 With access to the Soviet plans and having fresh troops readied against the Soviet counterattack failed and by August 1 the Soviet 198th Motorized Division was already in full retreat.Finnish decision to order the Finnish II Army Corps to advance trapped the Soviet forces.By August 7 Finnish 2nd Division of the II Corps had already reached the shore of lake Ladoga at Lahdenpohja and cut the Soviet divisions north-west of lake Ladoga from their intended withdrawal routes.