The place of Kalniškė battle

Kalniškė battle was in 1945. Partisans (persons were about 60 - 120 according to different sources amount of them) were well fortified in the top of hill, they had had machine-guns and grenades. About 700 warriors had died in the battle. The fight had lasted whole day and only after sunset the partisans had broke out of encirclement.
44 warriors had died; between warriors was the wife of commander named Albina Neifaltienė - Pušelė.
Now in memory of that battle there is the monument for defenders of freedom of Lithuania.

The place of Kalniškė battle

Kalniškės miškas, Šeštokų sen., Lazdijų r. sav.