Battle of Kaugurciems | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Latvia |
Subdivision Type1: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Jūrmala |
Established Date: | November 6-8, 1919 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.1 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1000 |
Population Density Km2: | 476.2 |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Kaugurciems is a residential area and neighbourhood of the city Jūrmala, Latvia.
During Latvian War of Independence Latvian army followed Germans in their advance towards Riga. On 22 May 1919 Germans captured Riga and thus Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic suffered a major defeat. But Latvian Riflemen on their way toward Riga met fellow Latvians in the battlefield of Kaugurciems. Red Latvian rifleman were defeated in the battle and retreated from Vidzeme into Latgalia.[2]