Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-16
AMERICAN TROOPS
AT VLADIVOSTOk;
BRITISH AT BAKU
Kings Soldiers Advance to |
Don Cossack Region;
Thrusts Probable

Washington, Aug. 16.-Events in
! Russia conveyed in news dispatches
yesterday seem to be moving to-
ward the utter rout of the Boishevist
government and the establishment
of a formidable eastern front, with
which to further harass the central
powers.
American troops have landed at
| Nladivostok. the van of other SOL
diers which will be sent there by the
United States to join the forces mo-
bilizing there to aid the Czecho-
Slovaks in Siberia.
| Allied troops are moving south
ward from Archangel despite a
stubborn resistancS offered by the
Bolshevist forces opposing them.
The Soviet soldiers in their retreat
are committing every form of afro
| city on the civilian population, the
| dispatches declare.
Another allied force has been
| landed along the shores of Omega
| Bay for the purpose of intercepting
the Bolshevik forces retreating from
| Archangel.
The prospect OF n third point of
| start for allied Intervention in Rus
| sia is indicated by the British occu-
| patton of Baku, on the Caspian Sea.
| Washington looks on this move as
one of the greatest significance.
| From Baku, in the Caucasus, troops
! could proceed without great diff
Guilty to the land of the Don Co.'S
sacks and aid the Czecho- -Slovaks in
| completing the overthrow of the
Bolsheviki there.
In addition to this practical bene-
| TT. occupation of the important oil
regions in the Caucasus is sure to
thrust another thorn into the Kaiser,
who looked to acquiring them with
great avidity.
Soviet troops have begun to evac-
uate Moscow, which, while not un-
expected, paves the way for the
| establishment of an eastern front
much farther west than was believed
| possible some time ago.
| Russian peasants are reported to
the State Department as flocking to
| the standard of the CZecho-Slovaks
/ operating 500 miles east of Mos
! cow The peasantry are just be-
| ginning to learn the falsity of Ger
man statements of allied defeats in
| the west and the flame of anti
German spirit is being revived to a
great intensity.
| London, Aug. 16.-Whether the
allies will be able to hold Baku per-
manently, in view of the difficulties
of transporting supplies, is too early
| to predict. However, if the Britsh
can hold their position a short time
longer. which now seems likely, they
probably will be able to cut off the
| ur fro LOT fo
| thus protecting the important oil
fields of the Baku district.
| 1t appears from the meager in
| formation at hand in London that
the British detachment voyaged by
steamer from Enzelli. Persia, to
Baku, demonstrating that the allied
hold on the Caspian Sea already is
| fairly well established.
The allied naval forces now un-
| doubtedy will endeavor to make
secure their communications, and,
once this task is accomplished, there
will be hardly q possibility of the
lcentral powers gaining possession
| of the Baku oil fields.
| The brief advices received here
| indicated that the Russian general
| Dokuchaieff was commanding at
Baku.
| The British advance through Per-
| Sla from BagdaQ was accomplished
under the greatest difficulties. In
| the mountainous sections they were
resisted by a few groups of tribes
men, but they quickly overcame this
opposition. The British force crossed
| the Persian frontier and reached
Enzelli. on the Caspian Rea, by way
| of Hamadan.
Another allied detachment is
pushing toward Kotlass, 260 miles
south of Archangel, on the Dvina
river. South of the Volodga river,
Generals AIexieff and Denikine ap-
parently are epdeavoring to amalga-
| mate their hnti-Bolshevik forces
with the army of the Czecho-
| Slovaks.
London, Aug. 16.-The Bolshevik
government in an official statement
claims the capture of positions in the
Archangel district wher there are
allied troops, and says their adver-
salies have abandoned the fighting
near Omega, according to a Reuter-
dispatch from Moscow.
A series of successes, which appar-
ertly are of minor importance. clso
ere claimed in the operations against
the Czecho-Slovaks.
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