Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i hangaia ai nga roopu pupuhi Latvian i te tau 1915, i Uzbekistan a Auzāns. I hoki mai ia ki Latvia i te tau 1916 ka uru ki tetahi roopu kaipatu; i te mutunga ka riro ko ia te rangatira o te 7th Bauska Rifleman Regiment. I mua i te pakiwaitara
Christmas Battles, i tohua a Auzāns hei rangatira mo te 2nd Latvian Rifleman Brigade.