Evening star., 1918-02-26
KoIenkowitz and RevaI in
German Hands, Say Ad-
vices From Berlin.
PETROGRAD RUSHES
DEFENSE FOR CITY
Men and Women Are Modified.
Fifty Americans and Others Leave.
Mutiny in Kaiser's Army
Reported.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associa ted Press.
| LONDON, February 26-Pskov. II:
miles southwest of Petrograd, has beer
recaptured by the bolsheviki and street
| fighting is going on there, according tt
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Petrograd dated Monday. The rec
guards are resisting the German advance
everywhere. (The capture of Pskov by
the Germans was announced in the off
eial statement issued last night at Ber.
linz
Eight Hours From Capital.
The workmens and soldiers committee
for revolutionary defense. according to a
Reuter- dispatch. placed placards in Pet
rograd on Sunday making this announce
ment:
The white guard bands of Hoffman and
occupied Pskov. which is eight hours dis
tant from the capital"
More Towns Captured.
BERLIN. February 20, via London
Gen. Linsingens forces operating in Vol
hynia have captured the town of Kolen-
kowitz after a battle. the German general
staff announced today.
The official report from general head
quarters last night read:
The town and fortress OF Reval were
occupied at 1880 o'clock this morning
after a battle.
.Pieskov (Pskov). south of Lake Pei
pus. is in our hands"
Russ Workmen Mobilize.
PETROGRAD. February 2s.-Blaring
sirens awoke sleeping Petrograd Sun
day, evening siguifying to the III
habitants that the Germans had en-
terhG Fskov The shll0te ut tho whie=
9ffaS -a7so s4rTed as q suninods tOsBe-
gin digging trenches for the defense OF
the capital.
The district soldiers and workmen's
councils of Petrograd were informed
over the telephone at midnight that
small German detachments had taken
possession of Pskov. and We're moving
toward Petrograd. A general mobiliza-
ton Of the workingmen and working
women who are supporting the coun-
ellis was ordered. every one being di-
rected to report to the Smolny 1nsti-
tute, the bolshevik headquarters.
Motor cars were requisitioned and the
tram cars were kept running all night.
filled with soldiers and members of the
red guard. who were dispatched to the
various railway stations.
There are varying reports of what
happened at Pskov when the Germans
occupied the city One account has it
that small German detachment enter
ed Pskov and subsequently retired. an
other repored that German armored
train came from Ostrov. which had
been previously occupied. while a
Regarding Ostrov. it is stated that
an armored airplane acted as scout
for the German cavalry advancing
along the railway. When the airplane
lowering over Ostrov signaled that the
evacuation had been begun the cav
airy rushed up at full gallop.
Americans Quit Petrograd.
A special train left Petrograd for
Siberia last night with fifty Americans.
including a part of the embassy and
military STATS. There were also forty
Japanese and a number Of Chinese
and Siamese on board. One hundred
and two Americans are still in Petro-
grad. including twenty women and
four children.
Mutiny of Germans Reported.
A report that 10000 German soldiers
refused to attack the Russians in the
new campaign was given out by the
bolshevik telegraph agency. Polish
troops in some instances are said to
have fed. The issuance of war reports
was begun Sunday. the following COM
,munication being given out:
Socialist defensive front: In the re-
gion Of Borisoff (forty-five miles north :
east of Minsk) a detachment was sent
to destrop bridges. Borisoff and Plotsk
are in the hands of the revolutionary
forces.
'sHapsal and Venden have been taken
by the Germans. who fought a battle
with a Lettish detachment. The sta
tion at Korsovk and the town of Ostrov
have been occupied by the Germans.
Poles are advancing from Mohilev to-
ward Bobruisk, but often the troops
take to flight in large bodies.
According to reports from Arens-
burg. 10000 German troops refused to
attack"
Will Try Grand Duke Nicholas.
ZURICH, February 26.-The Breslau
Taseblatt says that the bolshevik
have ordered the trial Of Grand Duke
| Nicholas by revolutionary tribunal
| He is charged with attempted high
treason against the Russian republic.
tThe reference in the Tageblatt is un.
doubtedly to Grand Duke Nichola:
Nicholaievitch, former commander-fn-
chief Of the Russian army and second
cousin of the former emperor. OF late
little has been heard from the grant
duke, who in 1915 and 1916 conducted
| powerful campaign on the Caucasu!
| front. capturing Erzerum in February
1916, and later occupying Trebizond. a.
well as many other cities. In April
1917, an alleged plot was discovered Il
proclaim him emperor. After the fal
| of the Kerensky government 1t was re
ported that Grand Duke Nicholas wa.
| raising an army to oppose the bolshe
Wiki. OF his whereabouts or his pre-
| occupations in recent months little Il
known.)