Capture of Tapa

Capture of Tapa
	Part of the Estonian War of Independence
	; Plaque commemorating actions made by the armored trains and its men in the Capture of Tapa at the Tapa railway station.
Date	9 January 1919
Location	Tapa, Estonia59°16′N 25°57′E / 59.267°N 25.950°E
Result	Estonian Victory
Belligerents
Estonia	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Parts	Jaan Anvelt
Strength
448 men; 48 machine guns; 5 cannons; 3 armored trains	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 wounded	~100 dead; 78 captured

The Capture of Tapa (Estonian: Tapa vallutamine), sometimes known as the Battle of Tapa (Estonian: Tapa lahing), took place on 9 January 1919 in Tapa, Estonia, between troops of the Russian Red Army and Estonia. The goal of the Estonian troops was to capture and liberate the Tapa Railway Station from occupation by Russia. Three armored trains (soomusrong) were used in the engagement, led by Captain Anton Irv, Captain Oskar Luiga [et], and Captain Jaan Lepp.^[1]

^ Eesti soomusrongid ja soomusronglased : 1918-1941 (in Estonian). Mati Õun, Tiit Noormets, Jaak Pihlak. Tallinn: Sentinel. 2003. p. 18. ISBN 9985-9455-4-9. OCLC 165848337.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[1] Eesti soomusrongid ja soomusronglased : 1918-1941 (in Estonian). Mati Õun, Tiit Noormets, Jaak Pihlak. Tallinn: Sentinel. 2003. p. 18. ISBN 9985-9455-4-9. OCLC 165848337.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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