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DISGUISE, FLEES
FROM HIS ARMY
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l NSOhlihuSu 1IOul rage Ou0J
| Kerensky agreed to this and he
| was promised guard. He objected
| to a guard of sailors on the ground
that some enemies were among them.
He wanted to wait until night, but
| finally agreed to make the trip by
daylight. I went and called Colonel
Kishkoff, of the 10th Don Cossacks
and ordered him to appoint a guard
of eight men. A half hour later the
| Cossacks told me that Kerensky
could not be found. I raised the
/ alarm, thinking that he could not
have left Gatchina."
M. Bibenko, member of the COM
mittee on war and marine, has re-
ported to the workmen's and SOL
diers' congress that Kerensky fed
CARRIED as sailor. Before Kerensky )
| flight, Bibenko said, he talked to 3he
Cossacks and found they wero will
| ing to come to an agreement with the
| maximaEsts, only the officers being
| opposed. He said that he had prom
Used the Cossacks that they would
be released and possibly be allowed
/ to retain their mounts and arms and
to return to the Don region.
| Bibenko denied that Michael Ro-
MANOR, the former grand duke
Michael Ale1androvitch, was with
| Kerensky. He denied also that Gen.
Korni1of had escaped from prison.
| The battle in which Premier Keren-
sky was defeated began last Satur-
| day and continued until Monday
| night. according to the commander
in-chief OF the bolsheviki staff The
premier had 5000 Cosacks and several
hundred military cadets with consid-
cradle artillery. The maximalist force
included four guard regiments, sew
eral battalions of sailors and numer-
Gus detachments of the Red guard
| Manv of the bolshevixi soldiers
were wounded and a few were killed
The Cossanks in Kerenslxy's force
once ATTEMPTED a charge near Tsar-
skoe Se1o. but suffered heavy losses,
| after which they retired into the town.
The maximahsts now hold Tsarskoe
Eelo.
| The CORRESPONDENT Of the Associated
Press visited the scene OF the fighting
today and was surprised to find aris-
tocratic officers commanding the boil
shevikf. One Of them. who was col,
one1. enplained that they were dis
appointed with Kerensky,. who first
destroyed discipline in the army, and
were against llfm above all.
| A colonel OF one of the famous Pet
rograd guard regiments is now COM
mander of the bolsheviki staff and
directs the operations of his army
from a house on a hilltop two miles
beyond Pulkova. Describing the fight
he said:
THE. battle began Saturday and
continued until Monday night. Ker-
enslzy had only 5000 Cossacks, several
hundred military cadets, a. consider
able quantity OF light and heavy ar
tillery and one armored train. Our
forces included four of the famous
Petrograd guard regiments, together
with several batta1ions of sailors and
a large number Of the Red guard.
| Our forces were under contin-
nous shell fire and many were wound
ed Only a few were killed. At one
time SQUADRON Of Kerensky's Cos
sacks attempted a charge near Tsar-
slcoe Se1o. They evidently were not
familiar with the fact that officers of
veteran regiments were with the max
fmalist forces. and. to their surprise,
they were met by organized resist
ance. A heavy volley, which toppled
many Of their horses. caused them
heavy losses. This was the last ac-
/ tive attempt of the KerenslSy forces
to attack and afterward they retreat
ed"
One soldier who had been captured
i by the Cossacks and had escaped to
| his own lines, told the correspondent
i that Kerensky's Cossacks had de-
| termined to surrender unless he was
/ able TO reinforce them with "6o, 900
troops The premier, the soldier
said, promised to get them.
+ The correspondent made tour Of
hn%% al in, pofrnOr1H Hrn11n-
ky, whose driver calmly directed his
fat horse over the military road, dodg-
ing huge 1orries and Red Cross mos
tors forneward bound with wounded.
Members of the Red Guard coming
from the battlefield walked along the
roads singing. Some carried pretzels
on their bayonets These are obtain
able in Tsarskoe Selo but not in Pc.
trograd, where only black bread Is
sold.
4 The droshky passed numerous SEN
tries unquestioned, the soldiers ap-
parently considering the ludicrous
u conveyance above suspicion. A con.
/ slant stream OF ambu1ances discfarg.
ed their cargoes of wounded at hos
pitfalls along the road just outside thu
city.
81 In Pulkova, where the soldiers. sail
! ors and the Red Guard shared theil
. soup and black bread and discussed
the victory, which had startled tn,
Inhabitants of the small village, tn,
correspondent was directed to stat
headquarters There was an extra
ordinary contrast among the occu
pants OF the bare. lamp lighted room
which apparently had once been tn
!. parlor of a farm house. Seated abou
|. a pine table were some officers, who
! though unshaven and battle worn
showed plain evidences of their arts
tocratic training With them were
: few common soldiers, plain sailor
4 from the Baltic fleet. and one work
. man wearing the badge of the Re,
a / Guard. These shared their cornnol
d fare with the correspondent and ex
s planned that they were all fighting to
!. gether against Kerensky,
The fact that the officers directinl
: the bo1sheviki campaign were arts
s tocrats was a surprise in view of tn
h popular supposition that the bo1she
: Wiki included only the proletariat.
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