Battle of Peregonovka

Battle of Peregonovka
	Part of the Ukrainian War of Independence and the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Date	26 September 1919
Location	Perehonivka, Kherson (southeast of Uman)
Result	Insurgent victory Southern and Eastern Ukraine captured by the Makhnovshchina; Advance on Moscow halted;
Belligerents
Makhnovshchina	South Russia
Commanders and leaders
Nestor Makhno; Fedir Shchus	Yakov Slashchov; Nikolai Shilling; Nikolai Sklyarov; Vladimir Almendinger; Boris Gattenberger †
Units involved
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine 1st Donetsk Corps; 2nd Azov Corps;	Armed Forces of South Russia Volunteer Army Simferopol Officer Regiment; Lithuanian Battalion; ;
Strength
8,000	15,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	6,000 killed by insurgents; 4,000 killed by peasants; 5,000 taken prisoner; 23 field guns and 100 machine guns captured

The Battle of Peregonovka (Russian: Битва под Перегоновкой) or Battle of Perehonivka (Ukrainian: Битва під Перегонівкою) was a September 1919 military conflict in which the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeated the Volunteer Army. After retreating west across Ukraine for four months and 600 kilometers, the Insurgent Army turned east and surprised the Volunteer Army. The Insurgent Army reclaimed its capital of Huliaipole within ten days.

^ ^a ^b Darch 2020, p. 76.
^ ^a ^b ^c Darch 2020, p. 80.
^ Darch 2020, p. 76; Skirda 2004, p. 136.

[FOOTNOTEDarch202076-1] Darch 2020, p. 76.

[FOOTNOTEDarch202080-2] Darch 2020, p. 80.

[FOOTNOTEDarch202076Skirda2004136-3] Darch 2020, p. 76; Skirda 2004, p. 136.

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