Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-20
B0LSHEYIKI
.B0MBARDlNC
THE ALLIES
Allied ARTILLERY Replying
Vigorously to Attacks
Along Dvina.

ATCNduBel, 51HufSQdy, NOV. H.
(By the Associated Press.)-The Boil
shevik forces along the Dvina, their
infantry attacks having been. re-
pulsed, today were bombarding the
Russo-American Allied positions on
the left bank Of the river at Tulgas.
The Allied artillery is replying vigor-
ously. -
Since late in September the Boil
sheviki have been trying stubbornly
to drive the Allied forces up the Dvina
to north of its junction with the Vaga.
The email amount of ice in the river
at this time of the year is helping the
enemy gunboats. The Bolsheviki ap-
parently possess a large number OF
river, craft on which to mount naval
guns brought from Petrograd.
AS long as the enemy gunboats are
able to move the Americans and
But the enemy. infantry is no match
for the Allies, the NBolshevik losses in
killed, wounded and captured being at
least five times that of the Allies.
In their attack November the
BolsheYiki advanced to the gun posi- :
tions of the Canadian artillery. The
guns continued to fire at point blank
range and the ground before them
was heaped with enemy dead. The AL
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and swept the BolsheviKi back into
the forest where patrols pursued them
throughout the night The enemy
losses on that day were exceptionally
heavy while those of the Allies were
small. t
The Bolshevik bombardment con-
tinued on the twelfth but the Ameri-
fantry attacks and drove the enemy
back into the swamps and the forest.
Airplanes obtained several direct hits
on Bolshevik ghnboats in the river.
Washington. Nov. 2o.-Reports Of
the overturning of the Ukrainian gov
ernment by General Denikines anti
Bolshevik troops was received here
today with satisfaction, for, officials
said, it will make the work of the Al
lies in handling the Russian problem
much more simple.
1t has been believed for some time
that General Alexieff, the former Rus
sian chief, had a large
force of Cossacks operating in, AS
trakhan and the news from the
Ukraine seems to confirm this as Gen.
ieff's army. Denikine is known to be
an able officer who has confidence of
his men and of government officials in
the Allied countries. y.
1T was pointed out that with the
Cossacks, many of whom are Ukrain-
ians themselves, in charge, it will be
easy to reach Russia in Europe with
supplies and necessary munitions by
way of the Black sea which is now
open to the Allies.
! The Ukraine became republic dur
ing the disorders in Russia after the
overthrow Of the Kerensky govern
ment in November. 1917. There was
! much fighting there between the Boil
sheviki and their opponents, resulting
in the defeat of the Bolsheviki. The
Ukrainian government made peace
with Germany at Brest-Litovsk a few
days before the Russian Bolshevik
government also agreed to the Ger
man terms. Austro German troops
then entered the Ukraine for the pur-
pose of carrying out economic articles
of the peace treaty.
The Ukrainian government was ov.
erthrown last May and General Sco-
ropadski became dictator under the
title of hetman but he has had diff
Guilty in maintaining order there al
though assisted by the Austro-Ger-
mans. . a' : ss>.55s
| General Denikine was formerly
commander Of the Russian armies on
the southwestern front Previous to
that he has been chief Of staff Of the
Russian armies. \ X IS