Great Britain and British Commonwealth GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in South Russia
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Lot No:558
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1920 (23 Feb) On Active Service cover to England, with "Army Post Office B.M.S.R" (British Mission South Russia) datestamp and Bartlow, Cambridge (15 Mar) arrival pmk, fine and scarce usage (the British military mission arrived in South Russia in late 1918, and started to provide General Denikin's White army with ample supplies. Denikin would have not been able to build his army of more than 200,000 men or to make his operation against Moscow without the British, who also trained and equipped Russian troops. Many of the British instructors also took part in fighting the Bolsheviks despite the orders of their government) (Image)