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Sunday 5 November 2017

French battleships fired at the town Odessa, Ukraine according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 24 October 1920

An item dated Berlin, Germany 23rd referred to the Istwestia which reported that French battleships fired at the town Odessa, Ukraine. Despite the French fleet supporting Wrangel (1) would a recapture of the harbour to be extremely difficult.

Note
1. Baron Pjort Nikolayevich Wrangel (27 August 1878025 April 1928) commanded the anti Bolshevik White Army during the Russian Civil War and was forced to go in exile.