Malleson mission
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The Malleson mission or British intervention in Transcaspia was a military action by a small autonomous force of British Indian troops, led by General Wilfrid Malleson, operating against Bolshevik forces over large distances in Transcaspia (modern Turkmenistan) between August 1918 and April 1919, in the context of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.[2]
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Malleson mission British intervention in Transcaspia | |||||||
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Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War | |||||||
Location of the Transcaspian Oblast | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Turkestan ASSR |
British India Transcaspian Government Turkestan Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
B.N. Ivanov | Wilfrid Malleson | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 3,000 Bolsheviks (at Bairam Ali) |
950 Anglo-Indians | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown, but at least 1,000 casualties at Battle of Dushak[1] |
86+ killed 213+ wounded |
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