Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-23
OVER CONFIDENCE
Of WHITES GIVES
VICTORY To REDS
GENERAL wRANGRLs FORCES
ROUTED By UNDERESTIMATE.
ING STRENGTH or ENEMY.
RAIL SYSTEMS IMPROVED
Ienine's Army Started on Drive
Earlier Than Anticipated. Taking
Advantage Of Freeing
River.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CONsTANTINOPLE. Nov. 2O.-The
first story of the downfall ui General
Baron Wrangcls white" AIRY was Civ.
on the correspondent today by one of
Baron Wrnngcl's own officers who ha
Just arrived here General Wrangels
defeat was ascribed by the officer Ia
the Over.cOnfidcnce Of General Wrang'l
and lack Of appreciation Of the strength
of the enemy forces.
The operations across the Dnleper IN
October. the officer said. had shown the
llolsheviki concentration 10 De mos"
considerable than had been anticipated
and this Induced General Wrangel -
give up his positions In Taurida AMI
withdraw within the Crimean fortified
positions whore he awaited the Bolsho'
wiki offensive cOmplaccntly. The prin.
cipal reason given by the officer tov
the success of the Bolsheviki was i'm
prOvoment In the railway system and
the disposition of considerable Bolshc'
Wiki reserves. These included ia"
Budenny cavalry, which was reformed
after the Polish victory and increased
with fresh units after the failure Of the
attempt 20 uutflank the kakhovka
bridgehead after General Wrangel rc.
fused To evacuatc Turida. The Bolshc.
Wiki, however. started their wrive two
day earlier than General Wrangsl
planned the retreat uf the second and
third corps "a Pcrckop leaving the r'''
mainder of his army. except the Don
Cussack cavalry corps. on the Tschont'
gar lsthmus While this retreat was
gulng ON the Don Corps counter.at'
tackled in another westerly direction
and successfully reached the DniepeT'
If.lalasHlll
stroyed the pontoon bridges General
Wfangel then hastily reformed three
corps under General ku,iepon. which
after q brief resistance against the Boz.
sheviki moved southwark Ia cut otf
Budcnny's cavalry. which was advanc'
lng with extreme rapidity toward tn
southeast from a point north Of kas.
hoyka. Budcnny's cavalry already hnd
reached SalkUvo and was threatening
20 cut off the retreat Of General
Wrangcls right wing.
The Bolsheviki, taking advantage Of
the freezing of the sea, crossed an
outflankcd General Wrangels advanced
positions across the isthmus. appearini;
In considerable strength NJ Armianskt
Bazar. They thus were enabled 10 ad-
vance the main body of their artiller"
Without difficulty 10 Perokop. wherc
their superiority In guns gave them the
advantage In "a frontal attack ON Gel
eral wrangel's principal lines
In the meantime the Bolsheviki were
concentrating againct Wrangers right
flank. The heroism of the defenders
during these operations against over
whcimingly superior forces was magni'
ficcnt. wrangcl's forces did not hav"
time to cook or sleep. ns the Bolsheviki
constantly were throwing In reserves.
wrangel. without rcinf0rccments. was
at great disadvantage.
The struggle around pcrekop lasted
long enough % enable the evacuation
of its defenders Then the left fland
was withdrawn on Sebastopol. the right
flank on Yalta and Feodossia. and thc
Kuhan divisions on Kcrtch. The evac'
uation of Schastpol began November
| 1? and ended on the fourteenth.
General Wrangel was last To leave.
When standing on the deck Of the Rus
sian steamer Korniloff he could sce
small bands ~ enemy horsemcn slow
| ly crossing the summit Of the long
ridge north of the city. Wrangcfs
evacuation Of the Crlmca was was m
marked contras, To that ~ Odessn. u
was executed according to plan witn
minimum loss, after such severe
defeat