sentences:  Most of the schemes were spoiled by the Trial of the 149 in November 1924, which eliminated many potential communist organisers.The gunmen's first priority was to take over the Estonian National Defence College based in the Tondi suburb south of the city centre, the main narrow gauge railway station in Tallinn-Väike, and a battalion of engineering troops in Nõmme.In late November 1924, about the time the Trial of the 149 concluded, Moscow decided to launch the uprising on December 1.