The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-22
Rich Booty Abandoned to
Invaders Advancing on
500 Mile Front. s..
LITTLE FIGHTING:DONE
Red Guard Stands Aside,
Few Resisting Soldiers
Quickly Overcome. %
9,125 TAKEN PRISONERS
Left Wing Only 18O Miles
From Petrograd-Right
Nearing Mohiliev.
9,125 TAKEN PRISONERS

LONDON, Feb. 21.-Forty.Ave Ger.
man warships were approscAing Rsvai
on Wednesday. according TO . message
received BY the express" from its Re.
trosrad correspondent. Troops have besa
landed at Reval and the "Daily Nswes"
Bolsheyik correspondent telesrsphs tAat
Trotzky probably will resign.
LONDON. Feb. 21.---German troops are
advancing in a great crescent shaped
front extending from the shores Of Es-
thonia to the southern border OF Vel.
hynia. moro than 500 mileA Mlnsk, cap
ital Of the province Of the same name.
most point attained in the new advanos,
about zoo miles northeast Of Brsst-
Litovsl and 430 miles almost duo south
OF Petrograd-
In the south the fortress Of Rovno has
been taken and cleared Of Russians
| This is the second Of the famous fortress
triangle that was intended to protect
| what was called the real Russian from
tier. adjoining roland on tho west The
| fret OF the forts. Lutsk. was captured
without fighting. the third. Dubro, il yet
TO be taken.
From the country which was supposed
,, to be without the means to prosecute the
war an enormous amount Of booty has
| been taken by the Germans in the firet
Jew days Of their advance, including
9.12J prisoners, 1.353 cannon. not count
! ing machine guns, 5000 motor cars. rail-
road trains, with about 1000 cars many
| OF them loaded with grain. many air
planes and war material OF which the
amount is officially stated to be 'fncal-
culablc." SO vast are these stores tina,
, il might be supposed they had been ac-
cumulated by the Germans In anticipa-
| ton of the advance.
Armies Advance Rapidly.
The northern or left wing of the Ger
man army is pushing on rapidly toward
| Pskon, only $50 miles southwest Of Pc
| trograd. having occupied Hapsal, Wen
den, 1-eal. Pernigal and Lemsal. in Es.
thon!a. The right wing after capturing
Molodetchna, forty miles northwest OF
Minsk. and occupying Minsi is pushinS
| on TO Mohiliev. formerlS - Russian
| general headquarters. where doubtless
| another great mass Of supplies will be
found.
The official Berlin statement to-day
! reads:
Army Group OF Gen. Won Eichhorn
, --Dur regiments from Moon Island
| having crossed the frozen sound,
! marched into Esthonia and occupied
| l.eal. In the march along the Gulf Of
p; riga. through Pernlsal and Iemxai,
/ there was fighting for a short time in
! which 500 prisoners and 20 guns were
l fall
! Wendcn and are now before Woimar.
! Between Dvinsk and Pnsk We are
! pressing eastward.
Army Group OF Gen. Won Iinsinren
{ The movement continues along the
whole front. important railway and
| road functions have been occupied.
: Rovno has been cleared OF the enemy.
! II is impossible yet to give an ap-
! rroNimate estimate OF the booty. Up
! to now the following has been an
: Houncpd
Prsonors--The General in command
OF an army. several divisional COM
, nanders, 42J officers and 500 men
, Booty-i.313 guns, TO machine guns
! 1000 TO 5000 motor cars, trains with
I about 1000 carriages. many OF which
, We're laden with food airplancs ann
: an inca!cuiaSle amount OF other war
b material.
Confirmed by Petrograd.
! DISPATCHES received at Petrograd b,
the Associated Press indicate continued
German movements along all fronts tow
ara N!tebsk. Minsk. Psi,on and Rcval
GermaH a!Tmcn are reported TO have
raided Regitsa on Monday Many bombs
were dropped and several persons were
i;illed, The raiders disappear toward
DvinsS.
Just two hours Ifte- the armistice
ended German troops entered Dvinsk. II
was o'clock on the afternoon of Feb
ruaYy Is that German patrols uncx-
pcctcdly appeared around the city an;
seized the railway stations ard other
central points. Only small Skirmishes
with fleeing soldiers took place. The
! Red Guards offered 10 resistance willis
tho artillery and infantry wcrc demo
biliZlng and wholly unprcpared to fgh,
ATTEMPTS 10 evaouate the city were un-
successful! Much heavy artillery and
large quantities OF ammunition fell into
tn" hands Of the Germans. The civil
population had 10 opportunity to es-
cape.
The comn.!Ssar.cs of the local Work
mems aud Soldiers Council tried to cs-
cape discussed rs soldiers hut they
were seized by the Germans.
According to the Peirograd Prdrdu
the Austrians have begun an advance on
the CEra!Nian front.
An Intercepted German wireless Ines-
sage. according to q Reuter- despatch
from Petrograd. quotes Prince Leopold
os Bavaria. the .iustC-Geraiaa cor.
mander on the eastern front. as sayins
20 his troops
Russia is SICK and i. trying to COLI
talninate all the countries in the world
with a moral infection. We must fighr
against the disorder inoculated bv
Trotzky and defend outraged liberty
Germany IL fortunate in being the IN
caInarion OF the sentiments of other or
der loving peoples"
The Daily MoI's Petrograd correapcnd
cnt telegra phlng Wednesday afternoon.
says that the latest developments thera
have made impossible measures Of a.
. s!stance which the Al'ics were preparing