▁in ▁ 6 ▁February ▁but ▁the ▁Red s ▁managed ▁to ▁hit ▁them ▁back . ▁The ▁short ▁encounter ▁ended ▁up ▁with ▁three ▁killed ▁Wh ites ▁and ▁one ▁dead ▁Red ▁f ighter . ▁ ▁Battle ▁in ▁V ark aus ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 ▁February , ▁the ▁local ▁White ▁Army ▁staff ▁met ▁in ▁Pie ks äm ä ki ▁where ▁they ▁made ▁final ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁coming ▁second ▁attack . ▁The ▁White ▁unit ▁was ▁composed ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁Sav onia , ▁K ymen la ak so ▁and ▁Ost rob oth nia ▁regions . ▁It ▁was ▁commanded ▁by ▁the ▁general ▁Ernst ▁Lö f ström ▁with ▁the ▁junior ▁officers ▁C . ▁W . ▁Mal m ▁and ▁Johan ▁Sain io ▁and ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁corpor al ▁Karl ▁Müller ▁as ▁his ▁sub command ers . ▁The ▁corpor al ▁Müller ▁was ▁a ▁fra ud ster ▁who ▁had ▁en list ed ▁the ▁White ▁Army ▁claim ing ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁German ▁lieutenant ▁Karl ▁von ▁Z ed tw itz ▁zu ▁H ack en bach . ▁In ▁reality , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁corpor al ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁inf antry ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁in ▁Russia . ▁On ▁his ▁way ▁back ▁home , ▁Müller ▁decided ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁Wh ites ▁with ▁a ▁false ▁identity . ▁ ▁The ▁V ark aus ▁Red s ▁were ▁strength ened ▁by ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁nearby ▁areas . ▁Their ▁total ▁strength ▁was ▁about ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁but ▁only ▁ 1 5 0 ▁was ▁armed . ▁The ▁lack