Battle of Posolskeya

Battle of Posolskeya
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.
Date January 9, 1920 Location Posolskeya, Siberia, Russia Result American victory
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.

Battle

On January 8, 1920, the announcement was made that the American Expeditionary Force Siberia would be withdrawn from Russia. The following day, around 80 Cossacks and an armored train attacked a much smaller platoon of M Company, 27th Infantry, which managed to capture most of the attacking force while leaving the rest dead. Subsequently, the withdrawal of the expeditionary force continued as planned with no further obstructions.^[1][2]

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
2. "Veterans of Foreign Wars magazine issue" (PDF). www.umich.edu. November 1993. Retrieved March 15, 2024.