New Britain herald., 1928-04-25

BARON WRANGEL, HERO
 AND PATRIOT, PASSES
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wto during thF last eight years had followed the fortunes of his chief.

F Baron Peter Nicholaievich Wran-
 gel. by individual deeds of courage
 and bravery, rose from the grade
 of a non-commissioned officer. in the
 Russian army to high rank dur 1 ing the World war. Then after the revolution in that country and the advent Of the soviet regime he led a losing fight against the bolshe- viks.
 His first conspicuous act was dur l ing the early weeks of the World war when horsemen of the Russian imperial guard charged German battery which was protected by concealed machine guns. The stream of bullets with which the Russians were surprised threw them into confusion and the order to retreat was sounded General Wrangel ig- nored the order and, rallying a handful of troopers. charged direct ly at the German guns. He actually reached the battery and sabred the gunners. His comrades recovered from the disorder and the German machine guns were captured. Wran- gel was promoted to captain on the spot.
 World War Rccori
 During the progress of the World war he in turn commanded a squadron. regiment and division of Cossacks. He was one of the first to join General Kaledin against the bolsheviks and it was during that campaign that for several months he was hailed as "the man of the hour" in Russia.
 After the suicide of Kaledin, Wrangel allied himself with Alexiev and Denikin and distinguished him. self in the defense of Tsaritsen. In April. 1920. after the retreat of General Denikin, he was made com- mander in chief of the volunteer or White" army and promoted a vigorous campaign against the Red army in southern Russia. From May until October his forces met with conspicuous success.
 Recognized by France
 He was recognized by France as head of the de facto government of South Russia. but the tide turn ed against him with the signing of the peace treaty between Poland and the bolsheviks.
 On November 15. 1920. the bol- sheviks captured Sebastopol from lis forces and from then on his army gradually was evacuated. In this drive of the Red army troops from Poland and Siberia were used and Wrangers forces gradually withdrew to Crimea. This move created bad morale and political effects and eventually all lines of defense were broken.
 General Wrangel declined an tn- vltation of the boisheviks to sur- render. The Reds pressing their of- fensive claimed to have captured 10000 prisoners. It was reported that mutinies helped bring about defeat to General Wrangels forces and several of his generals were reported to have committed suicide.
 Become Refugees
 After the rout the members of General Wrangel's army became refugees in the Balkan countries, in the caring of which the relief expedition of the American Red Cross took an active part. 1
 EnProd fn Han frnvSo ,e~{c 0.r eral Wrangel never gave up the idea of forming new army to fight the soviet government.
 The general lost his personal fortune and his wife all her jewels when the yacht LucullVs was sunk | in collision with the British steam- CT Adria off Constantinople harbor
 General Wrangel. who was Baron | Peter Nicholaieyich Wrangel, was born at st Petersburg. now Lenin- grad. August 15. 1878. He was . member of a remarkable interna- tional family. which traced its ori- | gin to the nobility of the Balkan states as far back at 1900. Three l branches of the family hourished in Sweden, Germany and Russia and for centuries all three pro. duced, distinguished military and naval men, explorers and diplomats.
 The general was the son of Baron I Nicolai Igoritch Wrangel, who after I having lost his fortune became ad- of a Petrograd bank. He | put his son through the St. Peters, burg college of engineering. After his graduation the general engaged l in mining operations in Siberia un- til the outbreak of the World war.
 While commander of a Cossack l regiment in 1915 he married the daughter of . wealthy Ukrainian ! landlord named 1yenko