seemed [probabilize]
that Trotsky had failed [ve capacity] as the
Whites (as the counter-revolutionaries
called themselves) gained more and more
territory and control. [t +ve capacity:
judgement of the Whites military skill]
Trotsky spent the Civil war travelling in an
armoured train, directing battles. [+ve
capacity: judgement of Trotskys leadership]
Soon, the White forces were able to be held
at bay. [t ve tenacity: judgement of White
forces] They could not organize themselves
effectively [t ve capacity]; they lost support
because of their brutality. [ve propriety]
In 1919 though, it
seemed [probabilize]
that Trotsky had failed [ve capacity], as the
Whites (as the counter-revolutionaries
called themselves) gained more and more
territory and control. [t +ve capacity] Trotsky
spent the Civil war travelling in an armoured
train, directing battles. [+ve capacity:
judgement of Trotskys leadership] Soon,
the White forces were able to be held at bay.
[t ve tenacity: judgement of White forces]
They could not organize themselves
effectively [t ve capacity]; they lost support
because of their terrible brutality.
[ve propriety]
Trotsky