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Battle of Paju
The Battle of Paju ((エストニア語:Paju lahing)) was fought in Paju, near Valga, Estonia, on 31 January 1919 during the Estonian War of Independence. After heavy fighting, the Tartu-Valga group of the Estonian Army pushed the Red Latvian Riflemen out of the Paju Manor.〔Jaan Maide (1933) (Ülevaade Eesti vabadussõjast ) Kaitseliit publishing, Tartu〕 It was the fiercest battle in the early period of war. Estonian commander Julius Kuperjanov fell in the fighting.
==Background==
In early January 1919 Estonian forces had started a full-scale counterattack against invading Soviets. Their main objective was liberating north Estonia including Narva, which was achieved by 17 January. They then started to advance into south Estonia. On 14 January the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion, organized and led by Lt. Julius Kuperjanov, and armored trains liberated Tartu.
At that time the only working railway connection to Riga, which the Red Army had captured on 3 January, passed through Valga, so defending it had strategic importance for Soviet Russia.〔Traksmaa, August: ''Lühike Vabadussõja ajalugu'', page 102. Olion, 1992〕 Among other units, a large part of the elite Latvian Riflemen were sent to stop the Estonians.〔 Commander-in-chief Johan Laidoner reinforced the Estonian advance in the south, including Finnish volunteers, The Sons of the North, led by Col. Hans Kalm. Finnish Gen. Paul Martin Wetzer became commander of the southern front.〔Traksmaa, August: ''Lühike abadussõja ajalugu'', page 105. Olion, 1992〕
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