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.