Malleson mission

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Malleson mission British intervention in Transcaspia
Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
Location of the Transcaspian Oblast
Date 11 August 1918 – 5 April 1919 Location Transcaspian Oblast (now Turkmenistan) Result British withdrawal in March–April 1919
Belligerents
Turkestan ASSR	British India Transcaspian Government Turkestan Army
Commanders and leaders
B.N. Ivanov	Wilfrid Malleson
Strength
c. 3,000 Bolsheviks (at Bairam Ali)	950 Anglo-Indians 19th Punjabis c. 1,000 Transcaspian Mensheviks (at Bairam Ali)
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but at least 1,000 casualties at Battle of Dushak[1]	86+ killed 213+ wounded

The Malleson mission or British intervention in Transcaspia was a military action by a small autonomous force of British Indian troops, led by General Wilfrid Malleson, operating against Bolshevik forces over large distances in Transcaspia (modern Turkmenistan) between August 1918 and April 1919, in the context of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.^[2]