Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-11
GENERAL DENKnR's ADVANCE ON MOSCOW

The fall of Kursk camG as the first direct, result Of the capture of I<iev by General Denikine. writes Col. K. Shumsky. The new general front, from the Baltic to the Caspian sea, which was formed after Denikine took Kiev, proved it's strength. and firm ness by repufsing three separate of fensfve operations by the bolsheviki- and Kiey-and by winding up with the capture of kurSk.
 Thus, two weeks after the fall of Kfevr was finished the first lap on the kursk -Oriol-Tula Moscow. Trotxky's boast that "Denikine will be destroyed this year" proved to be a silly bluff and Furthermore, we may say with confidence that Denikfne is proceeding Hnswervingly along the course marked out by him in his laconic order: Meth to the right. nor the left. but Straight ahead on Moscow"
 Indeed. our southern front presents at present a rare and remarkable pie tufe On one side there is the bol- shevist line stretching from Tchernigov on the Dnieper across to Kamysin on the volga. Behind this line we observe not an orderly rear. but a schaoti sft- Cossacks. In that rear the railways are disrupted and partly destroyed. military depots are ruined and detach- ments of newly mobilized soldiers are
  homes. Mamontov is raiding with i'm munity in the very thick of the bo1- shevist kingdom ITS miles from Moscow, and it is four weeks already that the bolsheviki cannot stop this flying detachment of cavalry. in spite of the fact that they are always in formed of his whereabouts, as he has about 15.oo0 men with him. including number of ex-"reds" who have joined his ranks. .-.
 Can you imagine a condition of af fairs under which it would have been possible for a detachment of German cavalry to operate with immunity be- hind the allied lines. say around Nice. or Bordeuax. for almost a month? It is only too probable that within a couple of days such brave raiders would have found lodgings in con- centration camp of war prisoners Such wonders are, nevertheless. pos-e sible behind the bolsheyist lines. and such exploits. new in the history of wars. only tend to confirm the opinion that the red army is far from being such a marvel as the bolsheviki would have us believe it is.
 The history of military organization has taught us the unrelia bflity of ar mics formed only by the sheer appli- cation of the principle of force. Of source. no army, no matter how demo- cratic. ca nget along without severe discipline in times of war. but we know equally well that there are other con- Slderat1OnS. aSIQe rom dfSCipi1re. that make armies fight. Expressive meas ures. as the only means of keeping an army in obedience. have always proved to be inferior and unreliable methods of command and would tempt only short sighted military orga anizers. Whoever is taught to fear his own commanders is taueht to fear the ene- my. too,' General Dragofnirov used to say for while ones own commander exacts obedience by threat Of punish ment. the enemy exacts the same through threat of death.''
 That is why we observe today that the usefulness of the red army is of doubtful value. even though it's out ward form may be glitteriug; that Is why we see such chaos behind it's lines and if explains also why from the roobi1ized one and o1e-haf million men the bolsheviki dare not risk. on all their fronts the use of more than 450 to 800 thousad me ITO depend on snch troops is like leaning 2 broken stick remarked General Washington once abort the urdiscinIired nobs If militia. The broken stick" of the bol-