7 Dez 1920 Jahr - For some time the Makhnovists were encouraged by
the thought that victory would be on their side. It appeared
to them that it was only necessary to defeat two or three
Bolshevik divisions for an important part of the Red Army to
join them, and the rest to retreat toward the north. But soon
the peasants various districts brought news that the Bol-
sheviks were installing whole regiments, primarily of cavalry.
in all the villages, and were concentrating enormous military
forces in various places. In fact, Mak