Lithuanian offensive
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Was a Lithuanian offensive in the territories of the Russian SFSR, during the Lithuanian-Soviet War.
Chronology
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May 1919: On May 3, the Separate Panevėžys Volunteer Regiment, supported by the 18th Regiment of Saxon Volunteers, had secured the town of Ukmergė.
May 1919: The reorganized Lithuanian army carried out its first operation. The Vilkmergė Group captured Kurkliai and Anykščiai.
May 1919: The Soviets left Panevėžys to Lithuanian forces without a fight.
May 1919: Joniškėlis' partisans broke through the Soviet lines and took Rokiškis in Soviet rear.
June 1919: Bolshevik forces, afraid that they could be encircled, left Kupiškis on the night of May 30-31, and Lithuania secured that city on June 1.
June 1919: Another Soviet push came on June 20 and the front stabilized.The Soviets were cornered in a small region around Zarasai.
May 1919: The Panevėžys Group launched a drive towards Panevėžys on May 18 and secured the city the following day.
May 1919: Lithuanians and Poles mounted a joint operation to take Giedraičiai.
May 1919: Lithianian forces charged towards Kupiškis and secured Subačius.
May 1919: The Lithuanians lost Panevėžys to a Bolshevik counterattack.
June 1919: The drive towards Utena resumed on May 31, and the city was secured on June 2 by Lithuanian forces.
May 1919: On May 7, Lithuanians entered Širvintos.
