Passage: Soviet troops  approached the Lithuanian territory on December 12, 1918. About 5,000 of them were Lithuanians. Three divisions were employed: Pskov division , International Division , and 17th Division . The divisions did not have a common military commander. Later more units were sent from Russia. The soviets also recruited partisan groups behind the front lines. Soviet soldiers were poorly supplied and had to support themselves by requisitioning food, horses, and clothes from local residents. Lithuania could not offer serious resistance as at the time its army consisted only of about 3,000 untrained volunteers. Only local partisans, armed with weapons acquired from retreating Germans, offered brief resistance. Red Army captured one town after another: Zarasai and Švenčionys , Utena , Rokiškis , Vilnius , Ukmergė and Panevėžys , Šiauliai , Telšiai . That accounted for about ⅔ of the Lithuanian territory. The front somewhat stabilized when Soviet forces were stopped near the Venta River by Latvian and German units . Also Germans slowed down withdrawal of their troops after the Spartacist uprising was subdued on January 12. Southern Lithuania was a little better protected as Germans retreated from Ukraine through Hrodna. To prevent fights between retreating Germans and the Red Army, the Soviets and Germans signed a treaty on January 18. The treaty drew a temporary demarcation line that went through Daugai, Stakliškės, and 10 kilometres  east of Kaišiadorys-Jonava-Kėdainiai railway. That barred Bolshevik forces from directly attacking Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city. The Red Army would need to encircle Kaunas and attack through Alytus or Kėdainiai. The operation to take Kaunas began on February 7.
How many days after the Germans slowed down withdrawal of their troops after the Spartacist uprising was subdued did the Soviets and Germans sign a treaty? How many days after the Soviet troops approached the Lithuanian territory was the Spartacist uprising subdued? How many days after the Soviets and Germans signed a treaty did the Red Army begin the operation to take Kaunas? How many days after the Spartacist uprising was subded did the Soviets and Germans sign a treaty? How many days after the treaty was signed between the Soviets and the Germans did the operation to take Kaunas begin? How many months after Soviet troops approached Lithuanian territory was teh Spartacist uprising subdued? How many months after Soviet troops approached the Lithuanian territory did the operation to take Kaunas begin? How many more Soviet troops were there than men in the Lithuanian army on December 12, 1918? How many towns did the Red army capture? How many troops were from Lithuania? What date was the Spartacist defeated? What happened first Soviet troops approached Lithuania or Soviet troops took 2/3rds of Lithuania? What happened first, Germans signed a treaty or the operation to take Kaunas began?