Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Disamba na 1916 da Janairu na 1917, 'yan bindigar Latvia sun yi asarar rayuka masu yawa a cikin wata daya
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Kirsimeti, wanda ya fara da harin ba zato ba tsammani a kan wuraren Jamus a lokacin Kirsimeti. Da yake fama da mummunan rauni, 'yan bindigar Latvia sun sami damar karya layin tsaron Jamus amma ƙoƙarin ya zama banza yayin da ba a bi harin ba. Sojojin Rasha sun rasa sama da sojoji 26,000 a harin da ya gaza. Wadanda suka mutu sun hada da 'yan bindigar Latvia 9,000, kimanin kashi uku na jimlar a wancan lokacin. Babban asarar da aka yi ya haifar da mummunan fushi ga janar-janar na Rasha da Tsar a cikin masu bindiga. Wannan fushin ya haifar da ƙarin goyon baya ga Bolsheviks, waɗanda ke ba da shawarar kawo ƙarshen yaƙin. An binne 'yan bindigar Latvia da suka mutu a makabartar' yan'uwa a Riga, wanda aka kirkira don wannan dalili.