Consequently, on the morning of 23 June 1919, the Estonian and Latvian units entered Cēsis. Russian battleship Slava was only hit three times, but one provoked a water surge, enough to give the ship such a draught that she was unable to manage to get back to safety and was scuttled. DOI: 10.15463/ie1418.10016. But very soon, battleships SMS Grosser Kurfurst and Bayern hit mines, but survived, while German light forces skirmished with opposite Russian light forces in the narrow passage between the islands of Dago and Osel. The three British submarines had a desired dissuasion effect. To this Daniel Staberg added some stuff from German sources and balanced out the Estonian view a bit. But HMS E18 and E19 arrived at Reval and soon started operations. This was the only major loss of the battle.

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The following maps from Eesti Vabadussõda (the official Estonian history of their independence struggle) will help follow the account: Maps – #11 ,   ), German Orders of Battle against the Soviets, Map showing the positions in early 1919 Notes: -The British submarines there, C 27 (Lt. Sealy) and C 32 (Lt. Satow) were present since a while, as part of the allied efforts in the Baltic: E-class submarines arrived in August 1915, but HMS E13 was stranded in The Sound near Saltholm and destroyed in the process of going through the Denmark strait. Early on 22 June 1919, the Estonian-Latvian forces launched a counterattack. On 16 April 1919, the Germans overthrew Ulmanis’ government in Liepāja and established the puppet government headed by Andrievs Niedra (1871-1942).

On 30 June 1919, the representatives of Allied missions in Liepāja mandated Emmanuel du Parquet (1869-1933), chief of the French mission, to organise armistice talks. HMS E1 E8, E9, and E19 would be scuttled outside Helsinki in 1918 to prevent capture.

Their troops had to be withdrawn from the right bank of the River Daugava, Riga and its vicinity by the evening of 5 July 1919. On the same day, after a strong artillery preparation, the German land forces crossed the River Dvina in the region of Uxkull, south-east of Riga, occupied Kupfer-Mammer, and developed their success in a northerly direction. But due to the added water her draught made her scrap the bottom, and shallow channel made it impossible to escape back. Four C-class submarines were alsp sent in 1915 but this time through the North Cape to Archangelsk and taken by barge to Kronstadt.

There are also a couple of scenarios set around the fighting at Cesis in this site's scenario section: The books and articles I used to assemble the information above. By early July 1919, the Estonian forces had entered Daugavgrīva, Mangaļsala and Vecmilgrāvis (now Riga city suburbs) and the Estonian 3rd Division continued their advance by launching artillery bombing of the city, during which dozens of civilians were killed. By early July 1919, the Estonian forces had entered Daugavgrīva, Mangaļsala and Vecmilgrāvis (now Riga city suburbs) and the Estonian 3 rd Division continued their advance by launching artillery bombing of the city, during which dozens of civilians were killed. -The main naval battle during these operations ocurred the 17th and is known as the “Battle of Moon Sound”. -The Russian battle strategy was changed on 17 October due to a mistake made in the transfer of an order. After the liberation of Riga on 22 May 1919 from the Bolshevik forces, the Baltic Germans’ land defence forces (Baltische Landeswehr) and the Iron Division – an armed unit that consisted of German volunteers – were ordered to advance north and north-eastward in order to attack the 2nd Division of the Estonian army from the rear. But reports of Allied submarines in the area prompted a German withdrawal on the 20th.