Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-16
WRANCEL, CRUSHED
BY REDS, FLEES To
FRENCH WARSH|P
Cfinean PeninsuIar Scene OF
Wild and Bloody DebaCIe,
-oIsheviki Capture 1907
900 to 100000 Prisoners

PARIS, Nov. 15.-Sebastopol has
fallen. the Russian Bolsheviki hav-
ing occupied the city last night, ac-
cording to unofficial information re
ceived by the French foreign Office.
The Bolsheviki are reported to be
masters of the whole German, PENN
sula.
General Wrangel, members of his
staff. and M. Martel, French high
commissioner at Sebastopol, were
taken on board the French warship,
Waldeck Rousseau, and are expected
to arrive in Constantinople late to-
The foreign Offices information re-
garding Sebastopo1 came through the
usual unofficial diplomatic channels.
Official confirmation of the news is
not expected by the foreign Office
until NJ Martel reaches CONSTANT
nople. 1t was conceded, however,
that the whole Of the Crimean 18TH
mus must be given up as lost by the
Wrange1 forces.
The Waldeck Rousseau and the
British ships at Sebastopol did not
leave that port until the Bolsheviki
were within the walls of the city
These ships, according to the foreign
office advices, were loaded to capa-
city with refugees and the remnants
Of General Wrangels troops. Many
refugees, however, were left behind
and these, it was said, probably
numbered 100000.
The fate of these refugees is caus-
ing great anxiety, as the American
relief organization also has left the
Crimea. The majority of the refugees
have been dependent upon the Ameri.
can relief workers for their susie
nance, and the hope was expresse
that means might be devised b
which that organization would CO.
tinue it's work.
French officials were loath to con-
cede that General Wrangel woul
cease to be a factor in the Russian
situation, and they voiced the hope
| that he might reorganize the rem
nants of his army in Constantinople.
| tic, however, over the outlook. and
it seemed to be their real belief that
General Wrangel had failed. as die
Generals Denikine. Yudenitch and
| Admiral Kolcbak ..--
| Because of the Crimean develop
ments and the junction effected re
Gently by the Turkish nationalists
and Bolsheviki, ard the occupation
of Batum, the position of the soviet
regime in the Black Sea territory was
pointed to as stronger than it ever
had been.
The reports indicated that only
few members of General WrangeIs
staff had managed to escape. The
| staff as a whole, it was said, had
been virtually wiped out, its mem
bers either being killed or taken
prisoner.
Propaganda behind General Wran-
gels lines had much to do with the
collapse on the front, according to
information reaching official circles
here.
The Bolsheviki, it is declared,
spread reports that General Wrangel
was a reactionary and that his sue
cess would mean the return OF the
CARBON and absolute monarchy. and
distributed pamphlets and booklets
to reinforce these statements.
On the other hand. it Is reported
that the extremely conservative party
of the Russians considered General
Wrangel too liberal and advanced in
his views, and, information reaching
the foreign Office alleges that this
element plotted his downfall.
night or tomorrow.
NEWS FROM PARIS
CONFIRMS DEFEAT
PARIS, Nov. 15.-United Press)
The foreign office estimated today
that the Bolshevik troops had cap
tured between 10000 and 100000
Wrangel troops in their drive on the
| Cri'nea.
Foreign office advices said the Boil
shevik losses in killed and wounded
were enormous.
One report to the Office said Sebas-
topol had been entered and that Gen
| eral Wrangel still/w in his head
quarters there. This was not Verl-
| fed