26 nov 1920 - On November 26, when Gulyai Polye was surrounded
by Red troops, only a special group of 150 to 200 Makhna
vist horsemen were there. With this handful of men, Makhno
routed the cavalry regiment of the Red Army, which was
advancing on Gulyai-Polye from Uspenorka, and thus
caped from the enemy's grip. During the subsequent week he
organized the units of insurgents that flocked to him from all
sides, as well as some Red Army units who left the Bolsheviks
and came to join him. He succeeded in forming a unit of
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