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February 13, Lithuanian soldiers together with the Germans attacked Jieznas according to a jointly prepared plan. The plan of the attack remained the same, except there were more forces and no traitors on the Lithuanian side. A unit of Saxon volunteer mounted scouts was to attack from the north.
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Jieznas, the Lithuanian infantry, divided into two parts, began attacking from the west and south on February 11 around 12:30, and the cavalry from the east. The 1st platoon attacked Jieznas from the west, the 2nd platoon from the south and the cavalry platoon
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Cietuchin, told the soldiers not to shoot, ordered them to surrender, led some of the soldiers into
Russian captivity and surrendered himself. The 2nd platoon had approached the town of Jieznas, fought, but was forced to retreat. About 18 wounded soldiers were captured, mostly due to Cietuchin's
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Lithuanians captured 4 machine guns, about 50 rifles, a large booty of ammunition and the flag of the Red Army's 7th Rifle Proletarian Red Regiment. The dead Lithuanian soldiers, mainly those who were wounded after being captured by the Bolsheviks and brutally tortured, were buried in the
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and a squad of cavalry, about 30 soldiers, from Kaunas towards
Prienai. The company reached Prienai on February 9 and immediately left for Birštonas. By February 9, the Red Army was already present in Jieznas' surroundings and had concentrated its forces in the neighboring village of
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February 10, the 7th Rifle Regiment occupied Jieznas. That same day, early in the morning, the Lithuanian company, with the strength of roughly 200 men, left Birštonas in the direction of Jieznas. It approached with the cover of the banks and bushes of the
393:, the Soviet Pskov division, composed of seven infantry regiments, artillery and small cavalry units, began the attack on Kaunas in February 1919 in order to end the existence of an independent Lithuania. The Red Army's command planned to occupy
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Lithuanian company met Lithuanian and German reinforcements. So, by February 11, more forces, both Lithuanian and German, had arrived in Prienai. On February 11, reinforcements arrived from Alytus to Prienai: a company of the
420:, because this direction was weakly defended by Lithuanians. The Red Army's 7th Rifle Regiment contained some Lithuanians within its ranks. The other part of the southern group was supposed to attack Kaunas from the south through
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Jieznas was encircled, the Bolsheviks were beaten and forced to flee. The Soviet 7th Rifle Regiment's remnants retreated to Aukštadvariai and Jieznas was liberated from the Communists.
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The Red Army's attempt to capture Kaunas by attacking from the south across the
Jieznas began to falter, and was finally defeated during the Battle of Alytus on 12–15 February 1919.
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treacherous actions, and later they were killed by the Red Army. The company, now reduced to 120 men, retreated to Birštonas and stopped in order to guard the road to
Prienai.
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239:Lithuanian-Soviet War
176:Casualties and losses
28:Lithuanian–Soviet War
52:10–13 February 1919
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433:Stasys Zaskevičius
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