WRANGEL'S DEFEAT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 44, 16 November 1920, Page 7

WRANGEL'S DEFEAT

IMMEDIATE SURRENDER DEMANDED TROOPS EXHAUSTED VALUABLE WAR MATERIAL CAPTURES BY BOLSHEVIKS (By Telegrmli-Pron Assooiation-Oopyritht ' Moscow, November 1-1. Official.—The Bolshevik commander has demanded Wrangel's immediatesurrender, promising an nmjiosty to him and his troops.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, November 14. Nearly all of Wrangel's' regimental commanders were killed. It is officially ad» nii'tted 1 that his troops were exhausted. The members of Wrangel's Government are aboard French warships, which, aro assisting in. the evacuation. This was commenced before Wrangel's front was broken, but frightful congestion exists owing to the influx of refugees. The Bolsheviks captured rich booty and war material in the Crimea, which will enable them to imdertako now enter-prises.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ' REDS TAKE 150,000 PRISONERS, (Rec. November 15, 8 ip.m.) Paris, November 15 It is estimated that 150,000 of Wrangel's men hnvo been captured.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REFUGEES FRoFtHE CRIMEA GRAVE PLIGHT. Constantinople, November 13. Eiglity thousand refugees in tho Crimea are asking for transportation abroad, but transport is limited. It will probably be impossible to embark more than twenty-thousand. The first refugees have arrived, at Constantinople, but were Jiot permitted to land, owing to congestion in housing and scarcity of food. Their plight is vmv grave. It is liooed that Franco will come to their assistance, and offer nn asylum in Algiers.—Renter. Berlin, November 14. The refugees in the Crimea consist largely of eighty thousand Russian bour-geoisie.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn. TROOPS PREPARED FOR SUPREME SACRIFICE TO .SATO WOMEN AND CHILDREN PROM RED TERROR. (Rec. November 15, 8 ip.m.) Constantinople, November 15. The capture of Sebasibpol is only a matter of hours. The Red cavalry is before Simferopol, where there is indescribable confusion. The inhabitants art panic-stricken, and looting is general. Wrangcl is personally commanding the remnants of the shattered army, which has resolved to make n. supreme sacrifico to enable the women and children to escape the Red terror. Krivochin, tho Premier, made a heart-rending appeal ior help for tho fugitives, who havo lost all thev have in tho world, and are now exiled—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANXIETY IN FRANCE MILITARY CIRCLES STAGGERED. (Rec. November 16.1.10 a.m.) London, November 15. The French Press is anxious in regard to the Wrangel debacle, which is likely enormously to enhance the Bolsheviks' prestige in Mussulman countries. One writer states that Mustapha Kemnl's action now assumes outstanding importance, constituting a new danger to Europe. ' The "Daily Express" says l|iat French military circles are staggered. They thought tho army was sound, and that Pcrekop's defences were capable of repulsing indefinite onslaughts, and they fear nn immediate repercussion on the Polish front. The Reds, attacking Wrangcl, number 170,000. and they are personally commanded by Trotsky.—United Service. BLOCKADE OF BLACK SEA COAST (Rec. November IG, 1.10 a.m.) London, November 13. It is reported from Constantinople that a blockade of the Russian coast of tho Black Sea has- been declared. British torpedo-boats- are patrolling with the ouject of preventing the Bolsheviks communicating with the Turkish coast— Reuler. NEW ANTI-SOVIET ARMIES PREPARATIONS FOR GENERAL OFFENSIVE CO-OPERATION OF KERBNSKY'S FORCES AND UKRAINIANS. New York November 14. The "Chicago Tribunes" correspondent at Milan learns that new nnti-Sovict armies are forming along the Russian frontiers, with a view to preparing a gen-, era! n general offensive in the winter or spying, whether or not Wrangcl saves I'he remainder of his army. The correspondent adds that Kere.nsky has had enormous successes in White Russia and the Ukraine. ' Varinkoff, formerly Kercnsky's Minister of ( War, commands sixty thousand White Russians, while tho Ukrainians are pledged to provide n hundred thousand men to support Kcrensky. Polish generals, with their divisions, are also going over to Kerenskv.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.