Original sentence: As of January 1943, the 349th had been allocated to 45th Army in Transcausacus Front, guarding the border with Turkey.In April 1942, the 349th was transferred to 9th Army in the same Front, on the southern flank of the salient.It was assigned to the southern sector of the Soviet-German front, and first saw action in January 1942, during the winter counteroffensive, but was badly damaged during the German spring offensive that formed the Izium Pocket.The 349th Rifle Division formed in September 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Astrakhan.The next day the divisions were able to link up with the remaining units of 5th Cavalry Corps, but a change in direction of the enemy advance cut them off from the crossings to the left bank of the northern Donets River, where 9th Army was trying to reorganize
Edited sentence: As of January, 1943, the 349th had been allocated to 45th Army in Transcausacus Front, guarding the border with Turkey.In April, 1942, the 349th was transferred to 9th Army in the same Front, on the southern flank of the salient.It was assigned to the southern sector of the Soviet-German front, and first saw action in January, 1942, during the winter counteroffensive, but was badly damaged during the German spring offensive that formed the Izium Pocket.The 349th Rifle Division formed in September, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Astrakhan.The next day the beleaguered divisions were able to link up with the remaining units of 5th Cavalry Corps, but a change in direction of the enemy advance cut them off from the crossings to the left bank of the northern Donets River, where 9th Army was trying to reorganize