According to the Peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk of 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and Germany that controlled all the Estonia by that time, Russia relinquished its rights on Estonia, and the border between the Grand Duchy of Livonia and Russia should have followed the Narva river. In late 1918 a war broke out between Soviet Russia and Estonia supported by the White Russian Northwestern Army and the British Navy. By February 1919 Estonians repelled the Red Army back to Russia and in April 1919 the Bolshevik government initiated the peace talks with Estonia. The British government, however, pressed to continue the war and in May and October 1919 Estonian and White Russian troops attempted two major offensives towards Petrograd. As both of them failed, the peace talks continued and the borderline question was brought up on the 8 December 1919. The Estonian party proposed Russian counterpart to cede about 10000 sq.km. from the Petrograd and Pskov Governorates to the East of the pre-war borders. The next day Russians reacted likewise offering Estonia to cede its Northeastern part. During December 1919 the borderline was agreed to go along the actual frontline between the belligerents.