The Hoffmann government fled to Bamberg in Northern Bavaria,[1][2] which it declared as the new seat of government – although most of the ministers resigned.[3] An attempt by troops loyal to the Hoffmann government to mount a counter-coup and overthrow the BSR was put down on 13 April[4] by the new "Red Army" created from factory workers and members of the soldiers' and workers' councils. Twenty people died in the fighting.[5]