During the summer, Rudiger von der Goltz, who was commander of the German forces, refused to leave Latvia and joined his forces with an anti-Bolshevik army under the command Paul Bermondt.
When the Freikorps unit under von Manteuffel attempted to overthrow the Latvian government under Ulmanis, Ulmanis and members of his cabinet sought refuge on British ships. In the early spring they shelled Bolshevik positions. British ships patrolled the region throughout the year. The British were fairly involved in the Baltic during 1919. In a strange twist, the officer who was forced to relinquish command of the Baltisches Landeswehr to Alexander, was a Prussian Major named Fletcher. From what I have read, Alexander was the only British officer to have fought in the field in the Baltic states during that period. In answer to your original question, one might say that there was no reaction from the Landsers because there were no Landsers to have reactions. When Alexander took command, all the Reich Germans were purged from the Baltische Landeswehr. The Baltische Landeswehr was created in November 1918 and was composed of Baltic Germans, Latvians, White Russians, and later Reich German volunteers (the Freikorps element). Colonel Alexander took command of the Baltische Landeswehr in July 1919. Given the context, I now understand where you were coming from in your initial post.
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