 By a coincidence, the Estonian Division headed for the Narva Front reached the area at the time.In the battle on February 14–16, the I. Battalion, SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 45 "Estland" (1st Estonian) and a battalion of the 44th Infantry Regiment (consisting in personnel from East Prussia) destroyed the landed Soviet troops.The Mereküla Landing was conducted simultaneously, as the 517-strong Soviet 260th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade landed at the coastal borough Mereküla behind the Sponheimer Group lines.