Battle of Tulgas

Battle of Tulgas
Part of the Allied North Russia Intervention during the Russian Civil War
Date November 11–14, 1918[1] Location Tulgas, by the Northern Dvina River, Russian SFSR Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  United States  Canada White Russia	Soviet Russia
Commanders and leaders
Robert Boyd	Melochofski †
Strength
One US Rifle Company (300 men) One British Rifle Company Canadian Artillery Battery (57 men) Around 600 men total[2]	Ma~2500 infantry[2] Several river gunboats
Casualties and losses
30 killed 100 wounded	Unknown; Estimated at 500 killed ~30 captured[3]: 14
At least three civilians killed[3]: 15

The Battle of Tulgas was part of the North Russia Intervention into the Russian Civil War and was fought between Allied and Bolshevik troops on the Northern Dvina River 200 miles south of Arkhangelsk. It took place on the day the armistice ending World War I was signed, November 11, 1918, and is sometimes referred to as "The Battle of Armistice Day."^{[3]: 15 [4]} Shortly before the battle, the freezing of the local waterways resulted in the cutting off of the Tulgas Garrison from outside assistance, and the freezing of the ground let the Bolsheviks move troops to surround Tulgas. The Bolsheviks used this opportunity and their superior numbers to try to attack and conquer the isolated outpost, but were driven back with severe losses.