Kaugurciems is a residential area and neighbourhood of the city Jūrmala, Latvia.
On 22 May 1919 Germans captured Riga and thus Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic suffered a major defeat.
But Latvian Riflemen on their way toward Riga met fellow Latvians in the battlefield of Kaugurciems.
Red Latvian rifleman were defeated in the battle and retreated from Vidzeme into Latgalia.
This Vidzeme location article is a stub.