Evening star., 1917-11-17


;ed convicts, is said to be fighting
roops.
Kerensky had seen his
by the bolsheviki near Tsarskoe :.
olhtionists. The bolsheviki troops
the old aristocracy and former'
which they retired into the town. The
maximalists now hold Tsarskoe Selo.
Aristocrats Lead Bolsheviki.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the-scene of the fighting
and was surprised ~ find aristocratio
officers commanding the bolshevikt
One of them, who was . colonel, ex<s
planned that they were disappointed
with Kerensky. who first destroyed dis
cipline in the army, and were againo4
him above all
A colonel Of one OF the famous Petro-
grad guard regiments Is now CONS
mander Of the bC7sheviki staff. and a.
rects the operations Of his army from
a house on hilltop two miles be-s,
yond Pulkova. Describing the dxht, -
said: 80
The battle began Saturday and con-
tinued until Monday night. Kerens1Ey
had only 5000 Cossacks. several hum
|dred military cadets, a considerable
and one armored train. Our forces IN
cluded four of the famous Petrograd
guard regiments together with several
battalions of sailorz and . large NUNS
Der of the Red Guard 49,
Our Forces were under q continuous
shell fire. and many were wounde6
Only few we're killed. At one time q
squadron of Kerensky's Cossacks ats
tempted a charge near Tsarskoe Selot
They evidently were not familiar with.
the fact that officers OF veteran reeit
ments were with the maximalist
forces. and. to tfiess surprise. they were
met by organized resistance. A heavy
volley. which toppled many of thetFs
horses. caused them heavy losses. This
was the last active attempt of tho Ker.
ensky forces to attack, and afterwaf4
they retreated. We now hold Tsarskoo
Selo. ~>u
Threaten to Surrender.
One soldier who had been capturs9
by the Cossacks and had escaped to h1o
own lines told the correspondent thaA.
Kerensky's Cossacks had determined to
surrender unless he was able to reiu-
force them with 100000 troops" Tho
premier, the soldier said, promised to
get them.
The correspondent made tour OF
the battlefield in a Petrograd droeky,
whose driver calmly directed his III
horse over the military road. dodgfn0k
huge lorries and Red Cross moton1R
homeward bound with wounded Mem~s
bers of the Red Guard coming from the
battlefield walked along the roads sinG~
ing. Some carried pretzels on the3f
bayonets. These are obtainable In
Tsarskoe Selo, but not in Petrograds
where only black Dread is sold.
The drosky passed numerous son4'
tries unQuestioned, the soldiers appaes
emily considering the ludicrous convey<
ance of the correspondent above suss
picion. A stream Of ambulances dis
pitals along the road Just outside the
city.
Scene at Headquarters. n
At PuIkova. where the soldiers, sailorA
and the Red Guard shared their souns
tory which had startled the inhabitant&
of the small village, the correspondents
was directed to staf headQuarterA
There was an extraordinary contrasX
lighted room which apparently ha&
once been the parlor Of a farmhouse1
Seated about a pine table were somx
officers, who, though unshaven and bat.c
tie worn. showed plain evidences o<.
their aristocratic training. With them
were a few common soldiers. plata
sailors from the Baltic fleet and one;
workman wearing the badge of tho
Red Guard. These shared their commoaS
fare with the correspondent. and exc
planned that they were all fighting to8
gether against KerenslSy.
The fact that the officers directinA
the bolsheviki campaign were artistos
Gratis was a surprise in view Of tho
popular supposition that>the bolshevilkE
included only tho proletartat
Situation at Hev.
Dispatches from Kiev say that tA1
Cossacks and military cadets are iax
control in that city after considerable
street fighting. The bolsheviki made
stand at the government palace. Wher6
later their leaders were arrested. 8
Moscow advfoes are to the effect thai
the government troops control the cen
trail portion of the city and the bolshe0
Wiki the sVtlying- districts. whsr,
there Is much, disorder. Tho victims 4
the street battle are estimated at frou
In Kief. while a patrol Of Cos.acx
was passing through Kretcska strUeT&
the principal thoroughfarA they dro
shots In the air to diSperce the crowdaf{
A bomb was thrown upon q paesina
gtreet car. killing or wSnading severp1
Damage Is Minimized.
The damage done to the Kremlin In
Moscow Is minimized In messages re%
,eived here from the maximaliGt dAles.
rates In tho old Rusaaan oApital Wh4
Iay that only the Alexander PalA0A haZj