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Battle of Novo Litovoskaya
	Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Russian Civil War
	; U.S. troops of the 31st infantry regiment in the field
Date	August 7, 1919
Standort	Novo Litovoskaya, Siberia, Russia
Result	American victory
Belligerents
Vereinigte Staaten	Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
Owen Rhoads; Charles Frankenfeld	Unknown
Strength
40-man patrol	30-man patrol
Casualties and losses
None	All killed or captured

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The Battle of Novo Litovoskaya took place on 7 August 1919, and was the result of two small contingents of opposing troops making contact during their respective patrols of the town. After initial stubborn resistance, the entire Russian patrol was killed or captured while the American patrol of similar strength remained completely intact.

Battle

After repelling a numerically-superior Russian surprise attack at Romanovka and clearing the Suchan Mines during the Suchan Valley Campaign, a 40-man patrol of Company H (31st Infantry) under the command of Captain Owen Rhoads decimated an enemy patrol of 30 Red Army troops. The Americans sustained no casualties, and Corporal Frankenfeld received recognition for bravery after overrunning a Russian-held hut single-handedly with an M1911 pistol as a consequence of getting caught out in the open during the firefight.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "High Res jpg" (PDF). www.umich.edu.

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "High Res jpg" (PDF). www.umich.edu.

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+{{Short description|Battle of the Russian Civil War}}
 {{infobox military conflict
 |conflict    =Battle of Novo Litovoskaya
-|partof      =the [[Russian Civil War]]
+|partof      =the [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]], [[Russian Civil War]]
-|image       =
+|image       =31st Infantry in the field near Vladivostok.jpg
-|caption     =
+|image_size  =200px
+|caption     =U.S. troops of the 31st infantry regiment in the field
 |date        =August 7, 1919
 |place       =Novo Litovoskaya, [[Siberia]], [[Russia]]
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 |combatants_header =
 |combatant1  ={{flag|United States|1912|23px}}
-|combatant2  ={{flagicon|Russian SFSR|1918|23px}} [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]
+|combatant2  ={{flagicon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]
-|commander1  ={{flagicon|United States|1912}} Owen Rhoads<br>{{flagicon|United States|1912}} Charles Frankenfeld
+|commander1  ={{flagicon|United States|1912}} Owen Rhoads<br />{{flagicon|United States|1912}} Charles Frankenfeld
 |commander2  =Unknown
 |strength1   =40-man patrol
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 }}
-The '''Battle of Novo Litovoskaya''' took place on 7 August, 1919, and was the result of two small contingents of opposing troops making contact during their respective patrols of the town. After initial stubborn resistance, the entire Russian patrol had been killed or captured while the American patrol of similar strength remained completely in tact.
+The '''Battle of Novo Litovoskaya''' took place on 7 August 1919, and was the result of two small contingents of opposing troops making contact during their respective patrols of the town. After initial stubborn resistance, the entire Russian patrol was killed or captured while the American patrol of similar strength remained completely intact.
 ==Battle==
-After repelling a numerically-superior Russian surprise attack [[Battle of Romanovka|at Romanovka]] and clearing the Suchan Mines during the [[Suchan Valley Campaign]], a 40-man patrol of Company H ([[31st Infantry Regiment (United States)|31st Infantry]]) under the command of Captain Owen Rhoads decimated an enemy patrol of 30 [[Red Army]] troops. The Americans sustained no casualties, and Corporal Frankenfeld received recognition for bravery after overrunning a Russian-held hut single-handedly as a consequence of getting caught out in the open during the firefight.<ref>http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/pdf/war_on_land/31st_infantry_73rd_yearbook.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.umich.edu/~bhlumrec/polarbear/lauer/highresjpeg/2008154-0002/2008154-0002-002.pdf</ref>
+After repelling a numerically-superior Russian surprise attack [[Battle of Romanovka|at Romanovka]] and clearing the Suchan Mines during the [[Suchan Valley Campaign]], a 40-man patrol of Company H ([[31st Infantry Regiment (United States)|31st Infantry]]) under the command of Captain Owen Rhoads decimated an enemy patrol of 30 [[Red Army]] troops. The Americans sustained no casualties, and Corporal Frankenfeld received recognition for bravery after overrunning a Russian-held hut single-handedly with an [[M1911 pistol]] as a consequence of getting caught out in the open during the firefight.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/pdf/war_on_land/31st_infantry_73rd_yearbook.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930095119/http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/pdf/war_on_land/31st_infantry_73rd_yearbook.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=High Res jpg |url=http://www.umich.edu/~bhlumrec/polarbear/lauer/highresjpeg/2008154-0002/2008154-0002-002.pdf |website=www.umich.edu}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{coord missing|United States}}
+{{coord missing|Russia}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Novo Litovoskaya, Battle of}}
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 [[Category:20th-century military history of the United States]]
 [[Category:Battles of the Russian Civil War]]
+[[Category:August 1919 events]]
+[[Category:Conflicts in 1919]]
+[[Category:Battles in 1919]]
+[[Category:Battles of the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War]]