The Year 1919

Abstract

With the disappearance of the Nationalists as a military force from the eastern Ukraine, and the entry of the Red Army into the northeast, the attention of the partisans was reconcentrated on the southeast. Following the occupation of Hulyai Pole on 29 January, fighting was reported at Polohy on 4 February, its capture announced in Izvestiya on the 5th. By the 8th, the attack had reached forty miles south of Olexandrivske. On 13 February there were clashes round Verkhni Tokmak and also Volnovakha. The forces, including the insurgents, were now described as Dybenko’s in the central press. A notable event was the coming over of a Volunteer Army platoon, complete with banners.