Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-11-27
RMDS ANNIHILATE WIsANGEIiS
ARMY In SOUTH RUSSIA.
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AHti-B olshevist Generals Are Re.
ported to Have Committed Sui
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Auti-Bolshevist Generals Are Re.
ported to Have Committed Sui
eide.
Constantinople, Nov. 1.-The army
OF General Wrangel, the anti-Bolshe-
vist commander in South Russia,
has been wiped out and a number OF
his generals have committed suicide
A mob in Sebastopol has pillagcd
the American Red Cross stocks.
The American torpedo boat de.
atroyers at SebastopCl are evacuat.
ing officers and tieir families. The
American destroyer Humphreys has
gone t. Yalta to take off tho Red
= Cross supplies.
The United States transport Faraly
has arrived here with 800 sick and
wounded, who were cared for by the
American Red Gross, 1t Ia said that
tn Reds were Joined by some Uk.
rainians in spreading terror among
the populace in tho Crimoa.
The rcsiden shdl cmfwy hi H.) 20
The resistance Of General Wrangel's
ana Ais troops are fleeing in utter
confnsion after fighting heroicaIly
ABOUT PerekGp. Headquarters here OF
General Wrangel confirm reports that
his white" army cannot hold tho
Crlmea.
The allied authorities here ara re-
quisitioning oil available buildings
along the Bosorpus and tho shelters
and barracks on Brinces' Island In
tho Sea OF Marmora, to house refu
&c" expected to arrive from the
Crimea.
Premier Krivochin Of General
Wrangels government arrived hero
today to arrange for the transport OF
women, children and wounded from
the Crimca He said the possibility
OF o general evacuation OF the Grim
ca could not be excluded and that
everything was being done to save tho
remnants Of General Wrangels army
M. Krivochin said General Wran.
gels troops are inferior to the Boil.
shevlsts and his losses have been enor
nous. Premier Krivoch'n stated that
General Wrangels troops are ex.
haustod having repealed twenty-five
attacks in the past few days.
The Bolshevist artillery has been
terribly destructive he added.
The Bolshevists, according to Pre-
mier. KrivGchin take no heed of loss.
es, three or four columns attacking
en- masse often being annihiliated,
but fresh troop constantly are
brought up. Nearly all General Wran
gel's divisional or regimental com.
manders have been killed or wound
ed the Premier said.
The Reds broke through the dc
fense of General Wrangel on the
Isthmus of Perekop according TO the
best reports obtainable here by con
centrating twenty divisions against
three divisions Of the White army.
WranEels men althougmh greatly out
numbered, withstood twenty-five as
saults before Perekop but finally
were beaten.
The commanders of most Of Wran
gels units were killed and the losses
in men also we're very large.
The success OF the Bolshevists Is
attributed largely to the excellence
of their high command which Is said
to be directed by a foreigner.
The fighting Mt Perekop was Of the
most desperate character. The Bol-
shevists according to latest advices,
admit they had 10000 men killed.
They claim 10 have taken 100000 pr1s
oncrs. They owe their success large
ly to the use Of poison gas.
It is stated that at the request OF
the French representative attached
to Wrangel's headquarters the Boil
shevists have granted eight days for
evacuation of Crifea.