military governor... of odessa and surrounding areas the white general alexei grishin almazov was declared territory, but the actual leaders were general philippe denilma , chief of the french staff, colonel henri fredenberg. already at the end of january , the franco-greek units reunited in the dnieper region, and with the white guards advancing from the east, they occupied nikolaev and kherson, establishing complete control over the entire northwestern coast of the black sea. their numbers. a month later, the red army went on the offensive in novorossiya and, with the support of armored trains, managed to defeat greek-french contingent, reoccupy kherson and nikolaev. in early april , the attack on odessa began. the entente troops began to retreat. at the same time, the white guards and interventionists were thrown back from the north of crimea to sevastopol and feodosia. the sailors on the french ships rebelled on april 2. in 1919, the french headquarters announced that they intended to evacuate from odessa; more than 100 ships took out the entente troops and representatives of the previ