Original sentence: Belarusian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and even Cossack goverments were formed.In the chaos prevailing in the first months of 1919, it was unlikely that anyone in Bolshevik Russia or in the new Second Republic of Poland would have deliberately planned a major foreign war.It was only a matter of luck that Soviet begun organised advance to secure the chaotic territories left in the wake of the German retreat before the Polish forces were able to organise and start a move of their own.Nor were Poland and the Bolshevik the only sides attempting to grab power.The German army in the started a retreat westwards.The Polish-Soviet war, like majority of the other conflicts in Eastern Europe of that time, was more of an accident then that of the planned design.The entire region abandoned by the German forces became a gigantic free-for-all theatre, where dozens of factions competed for power
Edited sentence: Only a limited number of units was routed and still preserved any combat strength.The German army in the east collapsed and, without any pressure from the outside, started a retreat westwards