The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-14
BERLIN REDS LOSE
STRONGHOLD
Headquarters Are Stormed by
Loyal Troops.
L0O1ERS Shut At SIGHT
tacans Are Driven From SiIesian
Railroad Station, Their Last Strong
hold.

Berlin, Jan. 14.-Government forces
have captured the police headquarters
(reber headquarters, after i short
bombardment
The SileSian railway station, which
was the last stronghold Spartacan
Berlin, is also in the possession of the
government forces.
The station is on the east bank Of
the Spree, southwest of the former
Royal palace. The Spartacans, to the
number of 600, including Il number Of
women, had prepared to make a last
stand there The station and it's ap-
proaches were strongly fortified with
machine guns.
The Spartacan defenders lost cour-
age when the troops began prepara-
tons to attack the station and fled
without attempting a defense.
Scattered Spartacan groups are still
fighting in different points near the
station, but are being dispersed rapid
ly.
The capture Of police headquarters
was effected Sunday morning. In the
bombardment the government troops
used 1O.5-centimeter field pieces.
When the fighting began the troops
fired a few shells and then waited.
When the rebels failed to show signs
ward with a white flag, demanding
their surrender. They were fired upon
and killed by the men holding the
building
Artillery fire was then resumed for
a few minutes. The Spartacans be-
gan trying to flee. The soldiers
stormed the building with a cheer
and took several hundred pris-
oners. No government troops were
killed in this encounter.
The ,BOlsheviki are believed to have
suffered the loss of fifty killed and
many wounded The soldiers were
enraged at the shooting of the white
flag bearers.
Eichhorn. the police chief, was not
among the prisoners taken by the
government forces
The attacking party in the final as
saults worked its way forward with
hand grenades and stormed the build
ing from two sides. The number of
Spartacans pulled out of hiding places
by the troops and disarmed and lock
ed up is placed at more than 300.
Some of the captured Spartacans
began cheering for DR.. Liebknecht as
they were being marched through the
streets The soldiers shut their mouths
in summary fashion. The soldiers, ex-
cept those left to guard the building,
playing and the men singing.
The residents of the locality around
the Alexanderplatz, who had been liv-
ing in terror Of their lives for a week,
during which time the Spartacan
domination of the whole district had
been undisputed, cheered the victori-
Gus troops.
Loyal troops have carried by storm
the Buexenstein printing plant, where
the Kreuz Zeitung is printed.
The Vorwaerts building also was
captured. The capture was carried
out by approximately 500 loyal troops.
They first destroyed an entrenchment
in front of the building, consisting of
rolls Of printing paper, behind which
two machine guns had been installed.
Two shots from mine thrower swept
away the whole fertilization, with the
gun crew.
The court yard was filed with dead
and wounded. Three hundred prison
ers. including number of Russians,
We're taken. Among the prisoners was
a man understood to be the Bolshevik
agent Chevinne. Many defenders were
buried in the ruins.