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Thus Anton Deniken found himself supreme over two White Russian Governments. The glory went to his head. He conducted himself with the imperiousness of a Romanov, and finally he antagonized the chief of his Cossack officers, Baron Wrangel...
...antagonism spread to other officers and then throughout the army. Eventually, after Deniken had suffered military reverses, he was obliged to flee to Constantinople, and the army chose Baron Wrangel as its leader by acclaim...
...year 1920 saw General Baron Wrangel at the zenith of his power. He was then recognized by France as the Supreme Head of the so-called Government of South Russia...
...Commander-in-Chief displayed a penetrating grasp of realities. His first step was to conciliate the peasants, over whose lands Deniken had been content to send his armies roughshod. The recognition shortly accorded to Wrangel by France greatly enhanced his prestige, and in 1920 he advanced against Moscow, relying on the Russo-Polish war which was then raging to engage the attentions of a major part of the Red Army...
Unfortunately the Poles proceeded shortly to make peace with Soviet Russia, whereupon the whole might of the Red Army was thrown against Wrangel. Outnumbered, he was driven back-back & back upon Sevastapol. There he embarked his "White Knights" upon ships furnished by the Little Entente and withdrew his whole army to Constantinople...