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Old 11-14-19, 10:15 AM   #4240
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14th November 1919

Aftermath of War

Romanian troops evacuate Budapest.

Admiral Kolchak’s Siberian Army begins to retreat form Omsk to Chita in the face of advancing Bolshevik troops, starting the Great Siberian Ice March. Thousands die during the march due to attacks and the cold.


The Prince of Wales, Secty Daniels, Asst. Secty. of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Rear Adml. Scales Commandant [i.e., Commandant] of the Naval Academy reviewing Naval Cadets at Annapolis.


Ship Losses:

No. 4 (Soviet Navy Red Movement) Russian Civil War: The armed pontoon had to be beached to prevent sinking in the Volga Estuary after a torpedo launched from a White Navy coastal motor boat exploded on the river bottom beneath it.
No. 7 (Soviet Navy) Russian Civil War: Medvezhyegorsk Operation: The gunboat was shelled and damaged by White artillery in Lake Onega and beached, scuttled by retiring Soviet troops to prevent capture.
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