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Battle or uprising · 21.02.1919

Saaremaa uprising

In February 1919 men on Muhu and Saaremaa resisted mobilisation into the Estonian army. The revolt began at Kuivastu on 16 February and quickly spread across eastern Saaremaa, where rebels defeated a Defence League squad at Laimjala. The government sent a punitive detachment of about 240 men. On 21 February it smashed the main rebel force at Upa, five kilometres from Kuressaare, with machine-gun fire, and executions followed in the town. In all 163 rebels died in battle or were shot, and 21 government soldiers were killed. Today Upa is a quiet village on the edge of Kuressaare.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1919. aasta veebruaris hakkasid Muhu ja Saaremaa mehed vastu mobiliseerimisele Eesti sõjaväkke. Mäss algas 16. veebruaril Kuivastus ja levis kiiresti üle Ida-Saaremaa, kus mässulised lõid Laimjalas puruks kaitseliitlaste salga. Valitsus saatis kohale umbes 240-mehelise karistussalga. 21. veebruaril purustas see kuulipildujatulega mässuliste peajõud Upal, viie kilomeetri kaugusel Kuressaarest, ning linnas järgnesid hukkamised. Kokku langes lahingutes või lasti maha 163 mässulist ning hukkus 21 valitsusväelast. Tänapäeval on Upa vaikne küla Kuressaare serval.

Map of the area around Saaremaa uprising
58.27600° N, 22.55700° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saaremaa_m%C3%A4ss ↗

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