Battle of Laagna ( et, Laagna lahing; 18 January 1919) took place in
Laagna
Laagna is a village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, it was located in Vaivara Parish
Vaivara Parish is a former m ...
,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
, during the
Estonian War of Independence
The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westwa ...
with Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers against the Red Army.
In the morning the Estonians and Finns took Laagna village with a surprise attack and pushed the Red Army out. Against the Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers (220 men altogether) were two regiments of Red Army infantry, two armoured trains and some cavalry units. The Soviets repeatedly attacked the Estonian and Finnish positions with armored trains but were unable to capture Laagna and were driven back with heavy losses. The Estonian Marines and Finns lost four troops killed, 21 wounded and three captured.
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Battles of the Estonian War of Independence
Ida-Viru County
1919 in Estonia
January 1919 events
Battles in 1919