8 mars 1921 - "During this time I myself made a raid across the
Dnieper toward Nikolaev; then I re-crossed the
Dnieper above Perekop and went toward our region,
where I hoped to meet some of our detachments. But
the Communist command had prepared an ambush for
me near Melitopol'. It was impossible either to ad-
Kance or to re-cross the Dnieper, since the snow had
begun to melt and the river was covered with floating
Ice. We had to fight, which meant that I had to get
back into the saddle [with a fucking gun torn foot] an