Russians routed Smart or dumb?

DR YURI FELSHTINSKY (Letters), listing Russian mobilisations, omitted to mention the one in 1919-20 when the Red Army battled against Poland. The eventual result of the Russo-Polish war was a rout of the Russians; the Treaty of Riga in 1921 ceded territory to Poland. This is the example Ukraine should bear in mind as it fights for its territory.

Dr TAD PALUCHOWSKI, West Chiltington, W. Sussex.