Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te raumati o te tau 1919, i arahi a Denikin i te whakaekenga o nga ope o te tonga ki te hopu whakamutunga i a Moscow. Mo tetahi wa, i puta mai ko te White Army ka angitu i tana kaupapa; Ko Leon Trotsky, hei rangatira nui o te ope Whero, i whakatere tere ki te kirimana me te anarchist "Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine" a Nestor Makhno (te 'Black Army') mo te tautoko tahi. I huri a Makhno i tana ope pango ki te rawhiti ka arahi ki nga raina tuku a Denikin, ka akiaki i nga White ki te hoki. Ko te ope a Denikin ka tino whakatau
I hinga i Orel i te Oketopa 1919, tata ki te 360 km ki te tonga o Moscow. Ko nga ope White i te tonga o Ruhia ka hoki whakamuri tonu i muri mai, ka tae ki te Crimea i te Maehe 1920.