5 sept. 1919 - at maximum retreat near uman, away from base and threatened with annihilation, agents of kontrraz work deep in Denikin's rest, keeping contact with main army - and making NM aware of the hole in Denikin's rear.

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Even in September, 1919, near Uman, at the point of maximum
withdrawal from the Liberated Zone and under the threat of
complete annihilation of the RPAU(m) by the Denikinists, the
network of agents of the Kontrrazvedka worked assiduously far in
the Denikinist rear and maintained contact with the main body of
the Insurgent Army. Before the decisive battle near Peregonovka
on September 26, 1919, Makhno had become aware through this network of the military
vacuum in the Denikinist rear.

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