Battle of Utria

Battle of Utria
Part of Estonian War of Independence
Map
Battle of Utria is located in Estonia
Utria
Utria
Battle of Utria (Estonia)
Date17–20 January 1919
Location59°24′N 27°55′E / 59.4°N 27.92°E / 59.4; 27.92
Result Estonian victory
Belligerents

 Estonia

Finland Finnish volunteers
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia
Commanders and leaders
Estonia Johan Pitka
Estonia Aleksander Paulus
Sweden Martin Ekström
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Nikolai N. Ivanov[1]
Units involved
Estonia Estonian Navy
EstoniaMeredessantpataljon
Finland 1st Finnish Volunteer Corps [fi]

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 6th Rifle Division

  • 7th Regiment
  • 86th Regiment
Strength
1,900 soldiers
2 destroyers
1 gunboat
1 transport ship
2,700 soldiers
Casualties and losses
32 killed[citation needed] about 300 killed[citation needed]

Battle of Utria (Estonian: Utria Lahing) also known as the Utria Landing (Estonian: Utria Dessant) took place during the Estonian War of Independence on 17–20 January 1919 at Udria beach.[2] It was an amphibious landing consisting mainly of Finnish volunteers.

  1. ^ 6-я Орловско-Хинганская дважды Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия Rkka.ru
  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)