Battle of Peregonovka | |||||||||
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Part of the Ukrainian War of Independence and the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Nestor Makhno Fedir Shchus |
Yakov Slashchov Nikolai Shilling Nikolai Sklyarov Vladimir Almendinger Boris Gattenberger † | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
8,000[1]–15,000[2] | 15,000[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown |
6,000 killed by insurgents[3] 4,000 killed by peasants[3] 5,000 taken prisoner[3] 23 field guns and 100 machine guns captured[4] |
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.