6 NOVEMBER 1920, Page 2

The Bolsheviks, having made peace with Poland and a truce

with the Ukrainians under the wayward General Potlura, have now concentrated their forces against General Wrangel in Southern Russia. Under pressure from superior numbers, General Wrangel is falling back on his fortified lines defending the narrow isthmus between the mainland and his base in the Crimea. The Bolshevik claims of victories north of the Crimea need not be taken too seriously, as General Wrangel must have anticipated that he would have to retreat when tho scheme for a combined campaign of Poles, Ukrainians, Crimeans, and Cossacks fell through.