Draft:Battle of Narva (1919)

Battle of Narva
	Part of the Estonian War of Independence
	; Finnish volunteers in front of the Narva city hall after the capture of the city in January 1919
Date	18-19 January 1919
Location	Narva, Estonia
Result	Estonian-allied victory Narva liberated;
Belligerents
Estonian Troops Estonian 'Merepartisans'; Estonian Narva Defense League ; ; Estonian-allied troops 1st Finnish Volunteer Corps [fi]; Partisans from the Northern Corps;	Soviet Russia ; Commune of the Working People of Estonia
Commanders and leaders
Johan Pitka ; Martin Ekström ; Anto Eskola [fi]	Nikolai N. Ivanov

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The Battle of Narva took place on 18-19 January 1919 in Narva, Estonia between troops from the Red Army and Estonian and Estonian-allied troops.

Background[edit]

On 18 November 1918, the Estonian city of Narva was captured by the Russian Red Army during the Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919.^[1]

Leading up to the 1919 battle of Narva, Estonia began to liberate the Russian-occupied territory.

On 17 January 1919, around 1,900 Estonian and Estonian-allied troops under the command of Johan Pitka, conducted an amphibious landing near Utria, a town west of Narva. The battle was an Estonian victory, repelling the 6th Rifle Division from the area, enabling the liberation of Narva starting on 18 January 1919.^[2]

Course of the Battle[edit]

On 18 January 1919, Estonian and allied troops entered Narva around 17:00 EET.

Aftermath[edit]

References[edit]

^ "7. Russia/Estonia (1905-1920)". uca.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^ Jyri Kork (Ed.), Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920, Esto, Baltimore, 1988 (Reprint from Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920. Historical Committee for the War of Independence, Tallinn, 1938)

[1] "7. Russia/Estonia (1905-1920)". uca.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-19.

[2] Jyri Kork (Ed.), Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920, Esto, Baltimore, 1988 (Reprint from Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920. Historical Committee for the War of Independence, Tallinn, 1938)

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