Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-17
B0LsHEvISM CRUSHED
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shevik country, while a stupendous
circle of armies is enclosing all of west
ern Russia and gradually drawing In
toward Moscow.
With remarkable speed. General
Deniken Is pushing huge wedge In the
plains of southwestern Russia, toward
Moscow, while 500 miles to the north
General Yudenitch has reached Pet
rograd.
Along hundreds of miles of other
fronts various armies are advancing
on the other side of the circle. Seven
hundred to a thousand miles away Ad-
miral kolchak's Siberian armies have
recovered from recent Bolshevik blows
and have renewed their advance. Con-
flicting interests making the situation
omst obscure but an expert OF the
war office supplied the United Press
with the general outline today These
armies are in the field:
The North Russian army holding the
Thurman and Archangel regions and
operating on fronts of approximately
200 or 800 miles, has an estimated
strength Of between $4,000 and $4,000
men. Within the past three days 1t
has been advancing along the Vologda
railway to the south.
Further south the Finnish army Is
astride Lake Ladoga on a front of from
so to rs miles, 40 miles north of Petro-
grad. owing to conflicting interests
it is standing still, although officials
here believe the Firms are capable of
capturing Petrograd with some aid.
MOVEMENTS COMPLICATED.
To the east Of Petrograd, from the
Gulf of Finland to the Dwina river
is general Yudenitch's group, styled the
Northwestern government. Yudenitch's
army, composed of Russians. Fathon-
ians, Let's and Lithuanians, finds it's
movements complicated by Col. Ber-
mondts German Russian force oper-
ating in the rear against the Let's and
Esthonians.
Strangely enough Bermondt claims
he also wishes to fight the Bolsheviki,
but the Let's and Esthonians and the
Allies prevent him from getting at
them.
Still further south, the Lithuanians
and Poles are holding a couple of hum
bred miles of front along the Dwina
| river and astride the pripet valley
where the Poles are advancing slightly.
On the Poles right is General Pet
lura's Ukranian army. The situation
there is uncertain, owing to Petula' s
clashes with the Poles and his dis
agreements with Deniken.
Continuing the battle lines across the
| great plains to the east is General
Deniken's forces, estimated at 100000
| to 10000 men and supplied with Al
lied munitions. Deniken's front
stretches over 450 miles covering the
richest regions of southern Russia
Since the opening of his campaign in
May Deniken has advanced over 500
miles, capturing 100000 prisoners and
huge quantities of spoils. He now holds
the most important towns of the south
and is within 200 miles of Moscow.
Further eastward are the Cossacks
in the Ural region and completing the
circle are Admiral Kolchak's Siberian
armies, stretched across Siberia.
! AS @ result of this formidable align
ment the menace OF Bolshevism APP
pears to be nearer a collapse than al
any time since it reached Its ascend
ancy. What will be the new Russian
power, that is the question that Al
lied diplomats are beginning to wrestle
with now.
Washington, Oct. IT. - Bolshevil
forces are concentrating for a decisive
struggle with General Denekin's army
in south Russia, according to latest
Stockholm reports to the state depart
ment. Denekins penetration of the
Bolshevik lines west of Voromezh anc
the fall of kursk are regarded al
threatening seriously the central So
Wet government at Moscow. Chic
Commissary zinviaeff. at a recen
meeting in Petrograd, described thu
situation as of the utmost seriousness
. government advices said.
An official state department repor
| from Omsk, dated Oct. IA, said thu
whole of the north Siberian army nov
, rests on the Tobol river. The othe
two armies are on an average of fiv'
miles from the same river. On tn
; Semiretche front. Kolchak's force
have advanced, capturing 5000 prison
ers. Kolchak at present is in charge o
|. the situation with headquarters a
! Tobolsk.