Battle of Romanovka

Battle of Romanovka
Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Russian Civil War

American troops marching through Vladivostok in 1918, Japanese troops stand at attention on the left
DateJune 25, 1919
Location
Romanovka, Siberia, Russia
Result

American victory

  • Soviet attacks repelled
Belligerents
 United States Russia (Bolshevik)
Commanders and leaders
Lawrence Butler (WIA)
James Lorimar		 Yakov Tryapitsyn
Strength
~72, plus a platoon of reinforcements ~400
Casualties and losses
24 killed
25 wounded		 41-57 dead or missing
Unknown wounded

The Battle of Romanovka was fought in June 1919 during the Russian Civil War. Russian Bolsheviks of Yakov Tryapitsyn launched a surprise attack on an American army camp at Romanovka, near Vladivostok. As a result of the engagement, the attacks were repelled. Romanovka and the Suchan Valley Campaign that followed were the final major engagements of the Russian Civil War involving the United States.

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