In early 1918, Bessarabia, a former Russian province, united with Romania after two months of independence as the Moldavian Democratic Republic. und der russischen Armee unter Kommando von Charles de Croÿ ausgetragen und endete mit einem Sieg der Schweden wodurch die Belagerung Narvas aufgehoben wurde. Offensive on the west front, offensive on the south front, offensive on the all revolutionary fronts!". Danish-Baltic Auxiliary Corps with approximately 200 men was formed under the command of Captain Richard Gustav Borgelin in April 1919. On 28 November 1918, the 6th Red Rifle Division struck the border town of Narva, which marked the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence. 405 of the German Army. 405 withdrew westwards. The Polish-Soviet struggle over Vilna in the first week of 1919 was a sign of things to come, as the Polish militia was forced to withdraw after the first organised units of the Soviet Western Army entered the city. The White Russian Northern Corps had been organizing in Estonia since December 1918. With weapons provided by Britain and France and operational support by the Estonian Army and the Royal Navy, the White Russian Northwestern Army began Offensive White Sword on 28 September 1919 with the aim of capturing Petrograd. Following the Latvian request to help, Estonia sent two armoured trains to aid repelling the German attack. Shortly afterwards, General Nikolai N. Yudenich took command of the troops. [33], Soviet Russia had been attempting to conclude a peace since the spring of 1919. In positions along the Narva River the Estonian 1st Division and their allied White Russian Northern Corps repelled the 7th Red Army's attacks. 1008, a battle against Norwegian Vikings on Saaremaa Island; 1170, a naval battle between Estonians, its allies and Denmark near Öland Island; 1187, Estonians (or Karelians or Curonians) raid of Mälaren and Sigtuna in Sweden; 1203, Estonian raid to Danish Scania; 1203, a naval battle between Estonians and German settlers of Riga near Visby, Gotland. Estonia's Baltic German minority provided a sizable troop of volunteer militia for the Battalion, which was one of the first fighting units of the Estonian Army, and maintained staunch loyalty to the authority of the Republic. On 19 June, fighting resumed with an assault of the Iron Division on positions of the Estonian 3rd Division near Limbaži and Straupe, starting the Battle of Cēsis. The Estonians accepted on 4 September, and delegations started talks on 16 September. [17] The 120 members of the Constituent Assembly met at the opening session on 23 April and elected Social Democrat August Rei as chairman. This sizable force consisted upwards of 80,000 conscripts. He reorganized the forces by setting up the 2nd Division in Southern Estonia under the command of Colonel Viktor Puskar, along with commando units, such as the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion and the Kalevi Malev Battalion. At the same time Polish and Belarusian self-defence units sprung up across western Belarus. Finni… [28] But 3rd Division could not support advance of 2nd division anymore as it was now facing a new enemy: the Baltische Landeswehr. However, the German defeat on the Western Front and the internal dissolution of Austria-Hungary made the plans for creation of Mitteleuropa obsolete. The 7th Red Army was routed outside the boundaries of contemporary Estonia and the battle-front continued outwards into the ancient, historical Estonian settlement area. On 8 January, the SSRB government relocated to Minsk. [27] Rapid offensive of 2nd Division, spearheaded by its cavalry regiment, continued and on 6 June it crossed Daugava river and captured Jēkabpils. The figures underline the severity of the battles - From January through March, AOK 18 suffered losses equal almost to a third of all those it had suffered through the first 2 1/2 years of the campaign. The Estonian army also remained to support the defence of Latvia against Soviets by defending the front north of Lake Lubāns. [13] In October, fighting restarted when the West Russian Volunteer Army attacked Riga. The Battle of Narva took place from February 2, 1944 - August 10, 1944. On 5 June the Estonian Commune was abolished. In Ukraine the situation was even more complex, with an ongoing conflict between Nestor Makhno's anarchists, communists, the White Movement, various governments of Ukraine and the reborn Polish Army. The famous battle of Tannenberg (1914) which saved Eastprussia.Taken from this documentary series: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481303/ This turn of events was swiftly followed by the liberation of the sizable town of Rakvere on 12 January. R. G. Borgelin was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given Maidla manor in gratitude for his services. In Belarus, the Belarusian People's Republic was conquered and the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia proclaimed. The Red Army entered Polotsk on 21 November, Drissa and Rahachow on 22 November, Zhlobin on 24 November, Babruysk on 28 November, Barysaw on 3 December, Slutsk on 8 December and Igumen on 9 December. On 2 February 1920, the Peace Treaty of Tartu was signed by the Republic of Estonia and RSFSR. [39] The British contributed 88 ships to the Baltic campaign, of which 16 were sunk. Concerned with having Bolshevik rule in the South, Finland delivered funds and weapons. The Soviet breakthrough in Belorussia made the German Army Group North withdraw a large portion of their troops from Narva to the central part of the Eastern Front and to Finland. [46] Finland provided 5000 rifles and 20 field guns by 12 December. Finally, the first Polish-Soviet clashes happened in mid-February, in the area of the towns of Bereza Kartuska and Mosty, where both armies clashed in a series of skirmishes. The Soviet 2nd Novgorod Division opened a second front south of Lake Peipus, with 7,000 infantry, 12 field guns, 50 machine guns, two armored trains, and three armored vehicles. Two days later Estonian forces began the counteroffensive to expel the Soviet forces from Estonia. [13] The second half of February saw the Estonian southward advance capture Salacgrīva and Alūksne. The newly formed Estonian Red Army gained the Setomaa, Vastseliina and Räpina Parishes by 15 March. On 28 November 1918, the 6th Red Rifle Division struck the border town of Narva, which marked the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence. On 4 June the assembly adopted a temporary Constitution of Estonia. At that time, the 3rd Estonian Division, including the 2nd Latvian Cēsis regiment under Colonel Krišjānis Berķis, had 5990 infantry and 125 cavalry. On 3 June, Estonian General Laidoner issued an ultimatum demanding that German forces must pull back southwards, leaving the broad gauge railway between Ieriķi and Gulbene under Estonian control. On 10 December 1918, the Red Army entered Minsk almost unopposed, putting an end to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. In April, the company was sent to the Southern front and took part of the battles near Pechory. Battle of Narva, (30 November 1700). On 27 March, the Estonian 3rd Division was deployed along the western flank of the southern front under the command of Major-General Ernst Põdder. The 6th Red Division captured the railway junction of Tapa from the freshly formed Estonian 4th and 5th Regiments on Christmas Eve and advanced to 34 km (21 mi) from the capital Tallinn . Previously, Charles XII had forced Denmark–Norway to sign the Treaty of Travendal. The 7th Red Army was temporally forced out of the boundaries of Estonia. This video is inspierd by the events of the great northern war, so it's not a documentary. Excellent photos! The Polish-Soviet War had begun. On 31 May, an Estonian cavalry regiment led by Gustav Jonson reached Gulbene, capturing large amount of rolling stock, including 2 armoured trains. Having received reinforcements, the Estonian 2nd Division counterattacked and regained Petseri by 29 March. The Battle of Narva on 19 November 1700 (30 November, N.S.) On 19 June 1919, the Estonian Commander-in-Chief General Johan Laidoner rescinded his command over the White Russians, and they were renamed the Northwestern Army. [30][31] Ulmanis took refuge aboard the steamship "Saratow" under Entente protection. A few months later, using the interval between the Red Army's retreat and the arrival of the Imperial German Army, the Salvation Committee of the Estonian National Council Maapäev issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence in Tallinn on 24 February 1918[9] and formed the Estonian Provisional Government. A Swedish relief army under Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Russian siege force three to four times its size. On the northern wing of the Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, on 28 November 1918, the 6th Red Rifle Division attacked units of the Estonian Defence League (consisting partly of secondary school students) and the German Infanterie-Regiment Nr. Battle of Auvere Battle. Connect via social media. The United Kingdom remained Estonia's main supplier of arms and equipment during the war. After the German Revolution with the capitulation of Imperial Germany, between the 11 and 14 November 1918, the representatives of Germany formally handed over political power to the Estonian Provisional Government. [citation needed], The Estonian and Polish armies proved to be far more capable opponents than the Red Army had assumed. The newly-created (on November 16) Western Army moved at night of November 17, 1918, into the operational vacuum created by the withdrawing German Imperial army. [13] The Red Army heavily bombarded Narva, leaving about 2,000 people homeless yet ultimately failed to capture the city. The Northwestern Army approached to 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Petrograd, but the Red Army repulsed the White Russian troops back to the Narva River. The Narva Offensive was a campaign fought between the German army detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front for the city of Narva in 24–30 July 1944. 405 defending the city of Narva on 22 November 1918. 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