WRANGEL, BARON PETER

(1879); Ru ian general; at beginning of World War commanded cavalry squadron which captured the first two Ger. guns taken by the Ru ians; promoted colonel and made a.p.c. to late Tsar; commander of a Co ack regiment, and later of division, on Galician front (1915); after the revolution joined Kaledin and Alexeieff, and subsequently became one of Denikin’s generals, succeeding the latter as leader of the anti-Bolshevist movement in the s.; while Red armies were engaged in Polish War, advanced from the Crimea, and rallied strong support to his side; movement collapsed (Nov. 1920), Wrangel being compelled to escape on board ship from Sevastopol. rock-loving, brightly colored bony fishes, with strong, teeth; distribution world-wide; over 500 species known, many being American.