The Reds targeted Antrea, but were stuck between the railway stations of Kavantsaari and Hannila and the nearby villages of Ahvola and Pullila.

The battle ended in late April, as the Whites attacked Viipuri from further east and the Reds pulled back to defend the city.

It was first commanded by colonel lieutenant Herman Wärnhjelm who was replaced in 12 February by captain Aarne Sihvo and Woldemar Hägglund as his staff officer.

They all left the Antrea Front in late February as the armistice between Soviet Russia and the German Empire was broken and the troops were needed elsewhere.

The 300-men unit fled the town and headed south across the ice of Viipuri Bay to the small island of Venäjänsaari.

26 January the Whites decided to head north of Viipuri to Antrea and meet their main forces.

It was escorted by a squad of 400 members of the Petrograd Finnish Red Guard commanded by brothers Jukka and Eino Rahja.

After the Reds got their machine guns into shooting positions, the Whites fled Kämärä and continued their journey towards Antrea.

The Reds in turn, lost a large number of their strength in the following days as the Russian volunteer brigades left the Antrea Front.

Some minor attacks were still made, but after 24 February the front line was formed and the battle turned into trench warfare.

[2] The five-kilometre part of the railway between Kavantsaari and Hannila was controlled by armoured trains so there was little infantry activity.

The major incident was in 23 March as the Ukrainsky Revolutsiya entered just 250 metres from the White lines and bombed the Hannila station for 20 minutes.

The Whites managed to hit the train with a grenade but the Ukrainsky Revolutsiya was able to pull back with some help of Panssarijuna No.

The Reds were ordered to leave their positions and pull back to Viipuri in 24–25 April and the Whites reserves left in Antrea were now able to take Kavantsaari and Pullila without any fighting.

[6] Two German imported DFW C.V reconnaissance planes were flown to Antrea in late March under the command of the Danish lieutenant Knud von Clauson-Kaas.

From 13 April, the Russian pilots made reconnaissance flights, bombed the Red positions and dropped propaganda leaflets.