Show Li tJ J E t j. j E fJ I J ill fRANGEL's n F IGHT IT I I SEBASTOPOL i PANiC I CAPTURE OF CR MEAN I FORTRESS IS S IMM NENT Defeated General Reported to Have I Made an Offer Offer Offer Of Of- fer to o Surrender His Command to Townshend Brith Victor of Kut el V Vessels e sels of Aili Allied d. d Fleets Loaded With Dismayed Russians LONDON Nov 13 Occupation Occupation of Sebastopol the last Russian I stronghold of General by Russian soviet troops is imminent imminent imminent nent said an Exchange Tel graph dispatch from Constantinople tonight T General Baron Taron aron s 's military campaign against the soviet government of Russia has completely collapsed according to recent cable dispatches s and the remnants of his army against the viki was reported today to be in flight through the Crimea Again the soviet government at Moscow stands alone in Russia having vanquished the most formidable le of of her enemies nemi s 's government at be- be e- e j was granted recognition by France who also gave military aid to the army hoping for the overthrow overthrow over over- I throw of the bolshevik Jk regime That I hope is blasted with the crushing de defeat defeat deI de'- I feat of ot army I WOULD TRANSFER COMMAND General has telegraphed Major l General Charles V. V Townshend who commanded the British forces at Kut Amara in 1915 asking him bim to take command of ot forces force Il In Crimea General Townshend Is 18 con conr considering r rI i r fT r r V Jo i. i I i r was re e Note Not l in October it It was f th that t General General- end wa yas 1 I going to join General 0 o Crimean front This caused some comment at the time but it was point- point I 1 ed cd ou General General Townshend had resigned from the British British- army and that his offer was a personal affair SOVIET STATEMENTS i it t Reviewing the Crimean military sitI situation sit sit- I a a. a Moscow message says I After fierce battles in which much j booty was captured and after breaking breaking break- break ing through a number of fortified j lions the red troops are are- penetrating I the Crimea The Second cavalry corps I is already advancing in the peninsula on a wide front the enemy Is re retreating retreating retreating re- re treating in disorder blowing up military mill mili tary stores burning food and revenging revenging j ing itself on the population I A sovet wireless message from Moscow l dated Friday says In the Crim Crimea a sector after fierce fighting Wednesday we enemy's enemy's enemy's ene ene- I mys my's fortified position at Yushun village vii vil lage pursuing the defeated enemy and capturing much booty f City of Sebastopol In State of Panic SEBASTOPOL Nov 13 Thousands Thousands pf C refugees panic stricken fill the streets and wharves of Sebastopol Ships of many nations ns are hurriedly taking refugees aboard and the American Amen Ameri can Red lIed Cross is loading its supplies Rear Admiral Newton com McCully-com- j I mander of ot the American naval forces I in Russian waters will stay at Sebastopol Sebastopol Sebastopol Sebas Sebas- until the last moment with a small guard on the American destroyer i Overton The American colony has I been taken aboard the Overton I It Is reported reported- the have i sent an ultimatum to General demanding the unconditional surrender I of the white army i Twenty five thousand bolshevik cavalrymen cavalrymen cay cay- are reported to have reached l I The condition ot of the refugees is pitiful pitiful piti piti- ful tul and they aTe are suf suffering Indescribable I ble misery Considerable looting Is going going going go go- ing on in the Crimean towns I All the refugees are clamoring to be beI betaken betaken taken aboard allied ships and feverish efforts arc are being made by the crews of I French and British squadrons at Sebastopol Sebastopol Se Sebastopol Se- Se to load as many refugees arid and aridI their effects as possible The number of awaiting passage exceeds I I men w women men and children The Ehe cruiser U. U S. S S. S St. St L Louis uis sailed I from Constantinople for Sebastopol this morning to take a full load of the refu refu- gees gees Gravest fears are now felt for General General General Gen Gen- eral army a With the en trance to Crimea in the hands of the i bolshevik military observers say position in the Crimea is un un- un nI n- n tenable I I |