Ulmanis had to request military assistance from Lithuania and Estonia. The Estonians sent two armoured trains to aid the Latvians while the Lithuanians were engaged in battles with the Bolsheviks and could only issue diplomatic protests. The Latvians also received assistance from the guns of a British Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Vanoc, in Riga harbour. In November, the Latvian army managed to drive the Bermondt-Avalov forces into Lithuanian territory. Mitau was also lost. Finally, the West Russian Volunteer Army suffered heavy defeats by the Lithuanians near Radviliškis, a major railway centre. Upon defeat Bermondt-Avalov fled to Denmark. The German Freikorps were handed over to the German Lieutenant General von Eberhardt, successor of the Goltz as commander of the VI Reserve Corps in Allenstein. After the involvement of the Entente military mission, General Eberhardt was able to organize evacuation of the remaining German Freikorps via Lithuania to East Prussia. This was completed by mid-December 1919. Army The Army uniforms of the West Russian Volunteer Army were provided by Germany and decorated with Russian distinctive signs, in particular the shoulder legs according to the model of the Russian Imperial Army and an Orthodox cross worn on the left sleeve. The army included: Corps Graf Keller (Colonel Potozki): from 7,000 to 10,000 soldiers, near Jelgava Corps Virgolitsch (Colonel Virgolitsch): from 3,500 to 5,000 soldiers, stationed in northern Lithuania Iron Division (Major Bischoff): about 15,000 to 18,000, at Jelgava, joined in August (Captain Sievert): about 9,000 to 12,000 soldiers who had come together from various independent free corps. Freikorps Plehwe (Captain ): about 3,000 soldiers (the former 2nd Guard Reserve Regiment), before Libau Freikorps Diebitsch: about 3,000 soldiers, for railway protection in Lithuania. : about 1,000 soldiers, appeared at the end of October after a march over 1,200 km off Riga. See also White Movement Freikorps in the Baltic United Baltic Duchy Estonian War of Independence Latvian War of Independence Lithuanian Wars of Independence References Bibliography Bischoff, Josef, Die letzte Front. Geschichte der Eiserne Division im Baltikum 1919, Berlin 1935. Darstellungen aus den Nachkriegskämpfen deutscher Truppen und Freikorps, Bd 2: Der Feldzug im Baltikum bis zur zweiten Einnahme von Riga. Januar bis Mai 1919, Berlin 1937; Bd 3: Die Kämpfe im Baltikum nach der zweiten Einnahme von Riga. Juni bis Dezember 1919, Berlin 1938. Die Baltische Landeswehr im Befreiungskampf gegen den Bolschewismus, Riga 1929. Eesti Vabadussõda 1918-1920, Tallinn, Mats, 1997. . Kiewisz, Leon, Sprawy