The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-20
PETROGARD'S
FALL RETO[D
OFFICIAL REPORT
COMES FROM FlNNS
Also Asserted That the Strong
hold of Kronstadt Has
Succumbed

WASHINGTON. Oct. ls.-The fall or
Petrograd and the occupancy OF both tnat
city and thA fortress OF kronstadt oE
The Russian anti-RolsheVik forces have
beer reported officially BY the general
stan OF tho Finnish army 20 the Eioors
REPRESENTATIVES, OF the Northwestern gov
ernmert Of Russia. This information
reached the sts:c department tonight.
In making pUhlic tonight the depart
mcncs adytc"s. Acting Secretary ina
l:ps said that a hr"r, dlSpatcn. oaStu
today and received here tonight from
tho dc mar tn;ert'S representative nearest
,hn old RUSSIAN capital. reported INC
Finnish Official announcement hau hoN
been corrohoratcd from other sources:
The announcement creditinE the m
nlsh general staff as authority was
uu!tc brief and dated yesterday. l. came
frnr, E:borr ard followed uncontirm"d
reports 10 IN" department. through
Swedish ard Russian sources. SAVING
that P"troErad and Kronstadt mad oren
wrested from the BolShcriN by the PC
lcagucrirc forces under General 1Nn'
mitch. that with the fail Of IN" fort
acd Gatch:na So miles out from retro
grad. tnc ccllopse OF tho old capital was
inevitable and that the BeiSheEikl wS1c
concentrating all their troops for de-
cisiye struSSle with General Dcn"kinc's
forces in tho south.
PARIS. oct. 10 tBy The Associated
Press)-Sergius Sazanoff: representing
Admiral Kolchak and General Denekine
in paris Informed The Associated Press
this evening that he had received no "a
vices Of the capture Of PetroRrad. is
considered. howrr"ri that II vas LSe'Sr
Prtrosrad has been received BY either
me peace conference or the American
dSicgati.0.
UELSIHGFNRS. Dc'. Ia.-Adv.c"s r"-
cciynJ hor, TO-DAY say tha' tho "'cu-
patton ~ rctr"Erad ~ expected 10 taNe
nI,rc MS week. before kronstadt Is
entered.
prrssr--The Red troops which rett'Fo
IRON, kraSnoy~ S6lo and Ga;rhina'
shortly Afterwards rNoccuW"d h"th
towns. and m" Soviet army star''u
counter offensive which promises sue
cess. saws Il wireless diSpatch r''''H'u
here tonight from Moscow.
The disrarch adds that tho land nat
tcrics AT Krors;adt r"pclicd ATTACKS ~
q British flc"t.
L.OEnON. Oct la.-Tr TO the present
hour tS.i5 = M no news had been r'-
c,,yrd which would throw any light on
he Russian situation. except H"'S,hE
ror%. Finland dispatch dated SATURDAY.
reporting ;hat the Fed Gag was again
GyinS o'cr Kronstadt.
Copenhagen dispatch da'rd Sunday
said Tho report was still un""nfirmcd
hat tho white forces had cut ""mmuh'-
.ation between E"val and Petr"Srad
LONDON. Oct. l9.--C;cn"ral lud"n-
itch's troops hav. occupied I'll" station
~ I.irovn. ahou; c,Ght miles from F"t-
r. grad acCor,iinE t. HcisinSt"rS dlS-
match 70 Reuters. They hav" AIS"
reached .hr railway junction At Put low
a suburb It tho capital
HFLSINGFORS. Oct. IA c"mmrn-
icat;on from, RI" No9hwrSt"rn Russian
army received hero today confirms Nv"
captr-c Of KraSnGia Gorka. and CLAIMS
.hs, the railway between Pe'rogrnd an"
Moscow has been cut by tn" blowing m
NJ a bridge over IN" Tosna river. Tn"
rcnnr,unica;iCn aSSc-ts that ~" kh'Sh"-
v,k! have concentrated 10000 men At
,;dofr. or Lake PoiruS. and lh."Oo near
r.,rograd. ard ,l""tar" that i""y WI
cfrr- stru"S resistance.
Tho Tn%na river crosses tn" RAJ %ar
lane a, Tosra - mics southeast "r Pet
-5grad krasnaia 'iorl>a lies on Tho
;ul< or r.rinnd To .hc west Of kr"n :
.;adr. lid"fe * nn tho eastern Sh"r" ~
I.anr C-G?us ahou: seventy miles n"rlh
Of rsSlIN-