“...In the evening we were informed that tomorrow very fresh German units would move towards us. Together with the Russians... Yes, it so happened that Russia, which started the war together with the Entente, unexpectedly went over to the side of Germany. Back in February, a revolution took place in St. Petersburg, the monarchy was overthrown, and at the end of October there was a new coup, some people came to power then the Bolsheviks, who broke the treaty with the Entente and entered into an alliance with Germany. And now the revolutionary army of the Russians - the Red Guard - together with the Germans and Austrians is pushing back the British, French and Americans on all fronts. And tomorrow morning the Russian rampart will roll towards us ... "