Battle of Posolskeya
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| Battle of Posolskeya | |||||||
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| Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Russian Civil War | |||||||
 U.S. troops of the 27th infantry regiment parading through Russia during the intervention. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Cossacks | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Fred Bugbee | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 39-man platoon | Around 80 1 armoured train | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed 2 wounded | 5 killed 74 captured 1 armored train seized | ||||||
The Battle of Posolskeya, the last engagement of the Allied intervention to involve American forces, occurred on 8 January 1920, after U.S. troops were surprise attacked by Cossacks loyal to the Russian SFSR.
Battle[edit]
On January 8, 1920, the announcement was made that the American Expeditionary Force Siberia would be withdrawn from Russia. The following day, around 80 Cossacks and an armored train attacked a much smaller platoon of M Company, 27th Infantry, which managed to capture most of the attacking force while leaving the rest dead. Subsequently, the withdrawal of the expeditionary force continued as planned with no further obstructions.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Veterans of Foreign Wars magazine issue" (PDF). www.umich.edu. November 1993. Retrieved March 15, 2024.