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In the early morning of 9 September, about 30 armed men took over the police station and commandant's office and arrested the officers. They also took control of the post office, railway station, headquarters of the local chapter of the
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union. Ieva Šaulinskienė, a telegrapher,
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There was very little resistance; during the single shootout two of the rebels were injured. In the local press, the rebels printed 5,000 copies of a proclamation, signed by reserve captain
Antanas Majus as the new head of the Tauragė District, informing locals about the revolt and ordering to
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from power. The rebels took control of Tauragė, the revolt spread to neighboring villages and their forces grew to 200 men. However, the revolt was poorly prepared and was suppressed the same day by units of the
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river where the executed men were buried. Tauragė commandant also received an 8-month prison sentence for the failure to defend the town. Ferdinandas
Saltonas was arrested attempting to cross the
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entered Tauragė by 5 p.m. and retook the town with little resistance: one rebel was killed and two were injured. The soldiers shot and killed
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