Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-02-28
FORT AND TOWN
OF REVAL TAKEN
Germans Occupy Stronghold A.
ter Fight With Russ.
ENSIGN KRYLENKO is SHOT
Former Commander of Boisheviki
Army Wounded by SociaIist-Gen-
eral Brujevitch Named Dicta-
tor of SIav Forces.


have occupied Reval, on the Esthonian
shore Of the Gulf of Finland 200 |
miles west-sOuthwest Of Petrograd, |
after an engagement with the Rus !
slams.
This announcement is made in the
official report from general headquar-
tiers. The text reads:
"The town and fortress of Reval
were occupied at 10: 80 o'clock this
| morning after a battle.
"Pleskov Pskov), south of Lake
Peipus Q62 miles southwest of Petro-
grad), is in our hands,"
Take Pernau and Dorpat
German troops have taken Pernau,
| Russian seaport in Livonia, 90 miles
northeast of Riga, and Dorpat, 157
miles northeast of Riga, the German
war office announced. At Pernau the
EsthOnian battalion placed there went
over to the Germans.
In the German advance of Dorpat
5000 Russians were taken prisoner
This flying detachment travelled 100
miles in five days and one-half
| The advance guard of General Won
Llnsingen's troops, in the south, has
reached Zhitomir, IS miles west of
Kiev, and has established contact with
the UErainian forces.
In Bovno the whole staff Of the Rus
sian special army fell into the hands
of the Germans
Reports 10000 Huns Quit.
Petrograd, Feb. ga report that
| 10000 German soldiers refused to at
tack the Russians at Arensburg in the
new campaign was given out by the
bolsheviki telegraph agency.
The Germans are said to be eXecut-
ing Red guards, treating them as out
laws, but releasing and disarming sol
diers of the regular army
The Pravda, the bOlsheviki organ,
| declares that the Germans are restor-
ing shoulder straps to Russian officers
and forcing the Russian soldiers to
salute them.
Orders. Mobiles Released.
General Count Mirbach command
ing the armies occupying Esthonia
and Livonia, has issued a manifesto
to the population declaring that the
provinces are now under German po-
lice power. He orders the release from
prison Of all barons of Esthonia, stat
ing they are under the protection of
Germany.
Rifle Rules In Poland.
London, Feb. 26.-Berlin advices re-
ceived in Amsterdam, as forwarded
by Central News, report that a state
Of siege has been proclaimed, Gin con-
sequence of events in Poland" at
CzentochoWa, LODI and Voclavek, i'm
portant towns in western Poland
Brujevitch Dictator.
London, Feb. 26.-General Bruje-
witch has been appointed successor to
Ensign Krylenko as commander in
chief of the Russian armies, accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch, forwarded
from Amsterdam by the Central News
agency.
General Brujevitch, according to the
message, has been proclaimed dictator
and has ordered the Russian troops to
fight to the last. He was formerly
chief of staff to Ensign Krylenko.
Ensign Krylenko, then commander
in chief, was shot and slightly wound
ed on Saturday in Petrograd by So
cialist, according to an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
Krylenko's wound was in the neck
His assailant was arrested.
Peace Promised Soon.
Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Count Won
Hertling, the German imperial chan
cellor, announced in the reichstag that
the Russian (bolshevik) government
had accepted the German peace condi-
lions, and he added that the conclu-
sion Of peace must ensue shortly.
Russia Accepts Germanys Terms.
London, Feb. 25.-Germany's peace
terms have been accepted by Nikolai |
Lenine, the bolsheviK premier, and |
Leon Trotzky, foreign minister. Lenine |
asserts the demoralized and retreating |
Russian bolsheviki army refuses alb
solutely to fight.
Petrograd was placed under martial
law on Saturday.
The Russian news agency sent out
by wireless the new German terms
without any comment by bolsheviki Of
f1cials.
Not only do the new terms give Ger
many domination over nearly 100000
square miles Of territory, exclusive of
Ukraine and Finland, where German
influence also is in ascendancy, but
they also make Germany practically
master Of all the commercial, indus
trial and natural resources Of the vast
Slav republic.