Estonian War of Independence
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Was the Estonian War of independence from Bolshevik Russia and German troops.
Chronology
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February 1920: Pskow is under Russian control.
Was the Bolshevik invasion of Estonia, a former region of the Russian Empire that had declared independence.
November 1918: The RSFSR Captured Narva on 29 November.
December 1918: On Christmas Eve, the 6th Red Rifle Division captured the Tapa railway junction.
December 1918: The 49th Red Latvian Rifle Regiment took the Valga railway junction.
December 1918: Tartu conquered by RSFSR.
December 1918: Border changes during the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive.
Estonian counteroffensive against the Bolshevik invasion.
January 1919: Tartu was liberated by the Estonians through the rapid deployment of armored trains.
January 1919: The strengthened Estonian Army stopped the 7th Red Army's advance in its tracks between 2 and 5 January 1919 and went on the counter-offensive on 7 January. Tapa was liberated two days later.
March 1919: The Estonian 2nd Division counterattacked and regained Petseri by 29 March. Subsequently, the 'Estonian' Red Army was pushed behind the Optjok River.
January 1919: Battle of Paju.
April 1919: The Bolshevisk were pushed back by the Latvian 3rd Division to Salacgrīva-Seda-Gauja line.
January 1919: Liberation of the Estonian town of Rakvere.
January 1919: Narva was liberated by the Estonians.
February 1919: The second half of February saw the Estonian southward advance capture Salacgrīva and Alūksne.
April 1919: The Latvian Riflemen captured Rūjiena.
Offensive of the Estonian army in Russian and Latvian territories.
June 1919: The Estonian army crossed Daugava river and captured Jēkabpils.
May 1919: An offensive destroyed the Estonian Red Army, captured Pskov on 25 May and cleared the territory between Estonia and the Velikaya River of Soviet forces.
May 1919: Estonian 2nd and 3rd divisions also started a southward offensive into Northern-Latvia. By end of May they had captured Alūksne and Valmiera.
Were battles between Latvia and Estonia during the Independence wars of these two countries.
4.1.Battle of Cēsis
The Battle of Cēsis (alos Battle of Wenden) was a decisive battle in the Estonian War of Independence and the Latvian War of Independence were the Estonian and Latvian forces defeated the Baltic German forces.
June 1919: Fighting between Latvia and Estonia resumed with an Estonian Iron Division attack on the Estonian positions near Limbaži.
June 1919: The Landeswehr captured Cēsis.
June 1919: The Estonian forces started a full counter-attack on 23 June resulting in the recapture of Cēsis.
4.2.Return of latvian government
Withdraw of remaining German troops from Latvia.
July 1919: The government of Ulmanis returned to Riga on 8 July 1919 and the Landeswehr became a component of the Latvian National Army.
July 1919: The Allies again insisted that the Germans withdraw their remaining troops from Latvia, and on July 3 intervened to impose an armistice between Estonia, Latvia, and the Landeswehr and Freikorps when the Latvians were about to march into Riga.
Were the final phases of the Estonian War of Independence.
December 1919: An Estonian counterattack pushed the Soviets back from the Narva river region.
December 1919: The situation for the Estonians became critical as forward units of the 15th Red Army crossed the Narva River.
