The Washington herald., 1920-10-31
Brave Russian Leader Is
sues Last Ditch" Appeal
To His Troops.
BITTER BATTLE RACING
Reds, Freed by Pole Peace,
Concentrate Forces on
Dnieper.
BY d. r. kOsPOTH.
(wsshiAston Hsrald-Public Ledger Service.
Special Gable Dispatch.)

special Ceple ulspAtcnJ
Sebastopol, Oct. 10. via CONSTANT
nople, Oct. 3o.-"Russian soldiers
The Polish army, which was fight
ing with us against the enemies OF
liberty and order, has concluded an
armistice with the towards and
murderers who call themselves the
government of the Russian Soviet
Republic We remain alone in the
arduous struggle on the issue OF
which depends not only our own ex-
istence but the fate of all the world.
We have been fighting now for three
years, but our courage is unbroken
and we still believe in final victory.
"Soldisrsl I am your old comrade
in arms. 1t is not the first time we
have battled against overwhelming
odds together"
Reflect Courage.
Such are the words OF a proclama-
tion addressed by Baron Gen. Wran-
gel to his heroic army, now engaged
in a fateful battle with the Reds
on the Dnieper. They reflect the
great leaders undaunted courage.
but also the grave spprehensions
which the conclusion of the armis-
tice between the Poles and Reds il
causing him. Already there is no
longer any doubt-the Bolshevists
are bringing troops from Poland to
uEfa
against Wrangers lines in a su-
preme effort to crush their last and
most dangerous enemy before the
winter comes.
From the first Gen. wrangeI has
emphasized that fact that the sue
cess of his crusade against the Boil
shevists depended on the Poles pre-
venting the Reds from detaching
large forces from their main army
on the western front and using
them against him in the south. The
armistice between Poland and the
Soviet comedies with the launching
of a vigorous counter offensive by
the Reds along the Dnieper, which
has already forced Gen. wrangel. to
evacuate the right bank of the river
and menaces the cutting of his army
in the north off from its main lines
OF defense in the narrow neck OF
the Crimea.
Treoos Moved South.
The Reds. before concluding the
armistice with the Poles, with their
usual duplicity. withdrew important
forces out of the area on the west
ern front from which. by the ar
mistice terms, they have undertaken
to move no troops.
1t is with these re-enfoTcements.
amounting to at least 4o,e0o men
which were already on their way
to the Crimean front when the ar
mistice with the Poles was signed
that the Bolshevists have begun
their new attack.
The Reds have formed three new
cavalry armies, one Of which is now
operating south of Kharkova in
bold attempt to seize the Perikop
defenses in the rear of Wrangel's di-
visions fighting further north.
The sReds brought this cavalry
over from the Caucasus because
their infantry, composed of men
n the interior of Russia
against their will, is unreliable and
surrenders almost without firing
shot when it faces Wrangers vet
Grams.
Prisoners Aid Fee.
In the fighting around Alexan-
drovsk, saw 1000 Bolshevist pris-
oners quietly at work half an hour
later behind the lines, transporting
ammunition and supplies and prac-
tically unguarded by their captors.
Trotsky is now engaged in or
ganizing a special army of 100. 900
men on the Volga, formed exclusive
ly OF Hungarians, Germans and
chinese with a sprinkling of Rus
sian Communist fanatics.
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