Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-15
WRANGEL IN
FLIGHT; ARMY
AKN|H|LATED
Entire Crimean Peninsula
Falls Into Control of
Russian Reds.
LIGHT BRIGADE
HISTORY REPEATED
One Brigade Wiped Out After Re-
pulsins twenty Three Attacks
Wranael and Members OF. His Staff
Take Refuge on French ship-AlI
Ships Being Loaded With Refugees
MAY Be Refused Asylum.
BY Associated Press.

Paris, Nov. 15.-Sebastapol has
fallen. the Russian bolsheyiki 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 Crimean PENN
sula.
General Wrangel, members of his
staff, and NJ. Martel, French high
commissioner at Sebastapol, We're
taken on board the French warship
& Waldeck Rousseau, and are expected
to arrive in Constantinople late to-
night or tomorrow.
Where the refugees are going is
uncertain and official statements are
unavailable.
May Go to Morocco.
Rumors say that the French in
tend to take the remnants of the
Wrapgel army to Morocco, but it is
also reported that they will join Gem
eral Baiahovitch on the Ukrainian
front.
Several Russian warships and mer-
chant ships, as well az twenty allied
merchant vessels, are loading refu-
gees at the points of evacuation.
Despite immigration restrictions at
Constantinople, some refugees all
ready are arriving here. Constants.
/, nople already is appropriated with
thousands of Russian, Greek, and
7 Armenian refugees.
History Repeats Itself.
"Details Of the Il fighting during
Wrangels hast stand show that
Crimea's history OF the gallant light
brigade has repeated itself in Wran-s
gels movement
In the defense OF Perekop the
Koutepof division. which had suffer-
ed heavily while retreating from
gTaurid was totally wiped out before
the reds smashed their way thru.
During the fighting the brave de-
tenders repulsed twenty-five separate
attacks, and even counterattacked
frequently. recovering, lost positions
until they were overcome by sheer
numbers.
Asks Aemriean Aid.
M. Krivochin, the South Russian,
premier, in an appeal to the Ameri-
can press today, stated that unless
the Americans would assist the thou
,.nds Of Russian refugees aboard
twenty Russian, allied and American
merchant and war vessels, they were
bound to perish.
More than $4,000 refugees, includ-
ing .many women, children and
wounded soldiers, are trying desper-
sately to leave Crimea, but less than
half that amount probably well es-
cape, and even those placed on ves-
sells may perish if not helped.
NJ. Kreyienin said:
I'VE have no way to assist them
and can only appeal to the Ameri-
cans. whose Red Cross has done I'M
told good among the Crimean sick,
wounded and poor. General Wransel
In his last order pointed out the ter
rible circumstances confronting the
embarkmo ITS, and emphasizing the
awful dangers OF ,th.s step toward the
unknown.
The wounded must be evAcuat.d
as it would be unthinkable to ex-
pose them to Rcd atrocities after
making the Tremendous sacrifices
they have made
Bound For the Unknown.
Embarkation of the South Rus
SLAMS actually is, step toward the
ened by starvation but they are
bound for an, unknown destination.
as the allied high commissions are
refusing them permission to land in
gohstantinople on the ground that
refugees already here exceed the &C
commodations.
Morocco has been suggested as an
ideal place because there the refugees
would not suffer exposure to severe
climatic conditions as would be GER
tain in this area, but the French, 50
far. have not given their ally per-
mission to take the refugees there.
.Unhappily," said NJ Kr,vochln,
help is matter of life or death.
America will never regret whatever
help she gives us as we could never
forget"
Wranoels Collapse.
The collapse of Wrangel differs
from that OF Denikin in being due en-
tirely to the superior military strength
of the Reds and not due to political
influence.
AS former dispatches have stated,
General W.rangel was more Of a polit-
icsl than a military figure, his, sue
cess Ringing upon what happened in
soviet territory rather than on what
he did on his own front.
hot he
Reds launched a strong offensive
Wrangel was gone. General Wrangel
is the first anti Red Russian general
who was able TO make an orderly re-
treat. Holding his army together and
keeping his organizations intact his
retreat into crimea taken by itself,