The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-16

Il CONSTANTINOPLE Nov. TO-
General Wrangel and 10000 troops
are reported to have fled from Sebas-
topol. ,s
The baron was one of the last to
leave Sebastopol when soviet troops
approached its outer defenses.
The evacuation of Sebastopol by the
civilian population was marked by
complete Decentralization. Quays
were piled high with personal belong
ings, which had to be discarded when
refugees boarded ships. Only one
third of those desiring transportation
could be carried away by the shipping
available.
Other Crimean ports already in the
hands of the bolsheviki suffered like
congestion.
In Constantinople many rescue ships
rode at anchor unable to land refugees
because of lack of Accommodations in
the city.
The last hours of Wrangei's occu-
patton of Sebastopol were filled with
confusion.
Wrangels headquarters were re-
moved to the quay, where he directed
the final attempts at defense. The
sounds of battle were heard distinctly
and the civilian population was in an
uproar.
Z Wounded strangled back from the
front, seeking aid and demanding tran
sportation to safety.
The city assumed more of belea-
guered aspect when fires broke out
and dense smoke floated over the
spires and towers and obscured the
masts of vessels in the harbor.
Among supplies were stores of the
American Red Cross. Commercial
warehouses were threatened, but most
of the stores were saved.
The harbor was jammed with war
and other craft, Fastening in for hum
an cargo to be transported to the
Black Sea islands or to the Turkish
coast.
French and American warsh1ps
Joined in the work, the Americans op-
Grating chiefly from Yalta, on the
eastern shore of the peninsula.
In Theodosia and Yalta conditions
were much the same as in Sebastopol.
Red troops were in full possession OF
those two cities.
Portions of the Wrangel army re-
mained in the outer defenses OF Seb-
astopol, endeavoring to hold back the
invaders until evacuation of the city
should be complete.
Attack Ukrainians
MOSCOW, Nov. 16.v(By wireless)
Fired by the Crfmean victory
soviet troops have attacked Ukraintan
forces with great success.
Near Mozir, government troops
en- gagged superior forces and occupied
Kalinkovitchy, capturing many pris,
oners and quantities Of booty.
Three Petluran divisions were de-
feated when, after an energetic ad'
vance soviet forces occupied series
of points. sixteen miles northeast OF
Derazhnyia and ten miles east OF
Nououshitsa.
In the Dzhanskoisk region an
armored train was captured with
number of machine guns and cannon
Count 10000 Prisoners.
PARIS, Nov. 16.-The soviet army
is in complete possession of the Cri.
mean peninsula, the French foreign
office reported today.
The bolsheviki have counted 10000
prisoners and the total capture prob
ably is far greater, the dispatches
said.
General wrangel is expected to ar
rive in Constantinople today. He left
Sebastopol aboard the Russian cruz
ser Korniloff, escorted by French
cruiser and transports bearing his
soldiers.
The military evacuation OF Sebas
tepol was accomplished Sunday, the
DISPATCHES said French ships pre-
vented the capture of thousands more
of Wrangefs troops.
Seven American vessels, the dis
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