Battle of Peregonovka

Battle of Peregonovka
Part of the Ukrainian War of Independence and the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Date26 September 1919
Location
Perehonivka, Kherson
48°32′01″N 30°31′24″E / 48.53361°N 30.52333°E / 48.53361; 30.52333
Result

Makhnovists victory

Territorial
changes
Southern and Eastern Ukraine captured by the Makhnovshchina
Belligerents
Makhnovshchina South Russia
Commanders and leaders
See full list:
    • Nikolai Sklyarov
    • Vladimir Almendinger
    • Boris Gattenberger 
Units involved

Insurgent Army

AFSR

Strength
8,000 15,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown est.

Total: 10,000 killed

See full list:
    • 6,000 killed by insurgents
    • 4,000 killed by peasants
    • 5,000 taken prisoner
    • 23 field guns and 100 machine guns captured

The Battle of Peregonovka (Russian: Битва под Перегоновкой) or Battle of Perehonivka (Ukrainian: Битва під Перегонівкою) was a September 1919 military conflict in which the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeated the Volunteer Army. After retreating west across Ukraine for four months and 600 kilometers, the Insurgent Army turned east and surprised the Volunteer Army. The Insurgent Army reclaimed its capital of Huliaipole within ten days.