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Show Denikin Forces Capture 5,080,000 Rubles in Booty KHARKOV, Soulh Russia. Nov. 2 CBy Mall.) -General Andre Skouro, of General Deniwlne's South Russian forces opposing the Bolsheviki. Is credited cred-ited with the capture from the Roishe viki of 5.000,000 rubles' worth of booty. Americans here rail him the "I illion Dollar" general. He is the idol of the Cossack country and the leader of I "Skouro's Wolves," whose daring and , fearless cavalry warfare has made possible pos-sible many of the volunteer army's big j advances. This dashing 32 year-old Cossack , general turns all his money over to i his wife, a beautiful young Caucasian I girl who resides here And she In 'urn has offered her fortune and ?erv-ices ?erv-ices to the American Red Cross. Mrs Skouro came to the American relief headquarters shortly after the Red Cross unit, arrived and was enrolled ,i olunteer worker, being placed in charge of civilian relief work in a large district behind the Denlkine army Her husband is one of the most, powerful pow-erful officers in Denlklne's army Like the famous military leaders of history he rides at the head of his troops in every battle. He has gathered about I him the most adventurous spirits of the Cossack country. They live only to ticht ;ind eat and do very 'ittle eating. It was Skouro's cavalry that cleared the Don and Dnieper river basins of the Bolsheviki and were instrumental in the fall of Kiev Skouro's forces are fi;htins for a principle the liberty lib-erty of the Caucasus but they are not "gentlemen soldiers" in the drawing-room senso of the word. As there are practically no funds to pay troops, :h-y heii,.Ve m the old war adage that "to the victor belong the spoils " They have been a heavy drain on the Reds' treasury. rn |
