Manych, hiding behind the river.
Manych and formed a special army.
The situation in the Manych direction was still dangerous.
White Cossacks fled to the steppe or for the Manych and even for the Don.
Thus, the 10 army was defeated in the Manych battle and on the Sal river,
suffered heavy losses and retreated towards Tsaritsyn.
At the end of February 1919, the troops of the Special United Army were
transformed into the Stavropol fighting area, and remained at Manych.
The 10-I army of Egorov was advancing from the east,
which stood on the Manych and deeply broke through, was in 80 km from Rostov.
Behind Manych concentrated a group under the command of General Kutepov(about 10-11 thousand people),
partly in the area of the Grand-Ducal, partly to the south, at Divnoye- Priyutny.
Behind Manych, the troops of the 11 Army met with units
of the 10 Army sent back from Tsaritsyn in the fall to communicate with the Stavropol grouping.