A lokacin rani na shekarar 1919, Denikin ya jagoranci hare-haren sojojin kudancin White a karshe na karshe don kama Moscow. A wani lokaci, ya bayyana cewa White Army za ta yi nasara a cikin tafiyar; Leon Trotsky, a matsayin babban kwamandan Red Army, da sauri ya kulla yarjejeniya tare da Nestor Makhno's anarchist "Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine" (da 'Black Army') don tallafawa juna. Makhno ya juya sojojinsa na Black zuwa gabas kuma ya jagoranci shi a kan hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki na Denikin, ya tilasta wa White su koma baya. Sojojin Denikin za su yi nasara
An ci nasara a Orel a watan Oktoba 1919, kimanin kilomita 360 kudu da Moscow. Sojojin White a kudancin Rasha za su ci gaba da komawa baya daga baya, a ƙarshe sun isa Crimea a watan Maris na 1920.