The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-13
TROOPS MOVING
TOWARD RIGA
Let's Not Completely 0usted,
but German-RusSian Chief
Claims Victory.
PETRoGRAD OBJECTIVE

Paris, Oct. 13.-Important troop
movements are occurring in the di-
rection of Riga, according to a tele-
gram received here from Basel. Es-
thonian troops are said to have left
Segewold for Riga, thirty miles dis
tant, and Lettish reinforcements and
other Esthonian detachments are re-
ported to be en- route to Lbau on
board transport for the purpose of
joining "Lettish forces which have
been landed there from British vest
sells.
AS far as latest reports disclose
the situation, Lettish troops still hold
the eastern part of Riga, on the right
bank of the Duna, but the position is
obscure. All reports concur in stat
ing that Col. Avaloff- Bermondt's
troops have occupied Thorenburg, the
western part of the city, and are
bombarding positions east of the
river.
The statement attributed to Gen.
Vladimiroff in the dispatch to the
Mail implies the belief in Reval that
Col. Avaloff -Bermondts attack on
Riga was a part of a scheme to ad-
vance on Petrograd, which is re-
garded to have been checkmated by
Gen. Yudenitch's push northward.
Invited Conference.
Copenhagen, Oct. 13.-Claiming to
have checked the attack OF Lettish
troops who landed at Libau from
British vessels and who attacked the
left flank of his forces, Col. Avaloff-
Bermondt, commander of the forces
of the Russian general government"
has since taking Riga invited the
Let's and Esthonians to confer with
him at Mitau. The purpose of this
proposed conference is, according to
an announcement by Col. Avaloff-
Bermondt, ito prevent further blood
shed and to bring about joint action
against the bolsheviki."
There has been no indication of an
advance east of Riga by the German
Russian forces, and it seems probable
the taking of the city will terminate
the offensive for the time being. The
landing of $4,000 Lettish troops at
Libau was a new development in op-
erations along the Baltic, but with
the exception of the reference made
to it by Col. Avaloff- Bermondt, moth
ing is known as to the success of the
movement.
Take hamburg From Reds.
London, Oct. 13.--The antiboIshevik
army under Gen. Judenitch in north
western Russia has captured Yam
burg, on the Luga river, sixty eight
miles southwest of Petrograd, said
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Helsingfors today.
The bolsheviki have evacuated
Pskov.
The capture of hamburg marks the
beginning of the push by troops of
the Russian northwestern army un-
der Gen. Judenitch toward Petro-
grad, according to a dispatch to the
Daily Mail filed Saturday at Libau.
Gen. Glazenapp commanded the cap
tors of the place and is reported to
have taken four complete bolshevik
regiments, 1000 other soviet troops
and the entire staff of the Tenth boil
shevik division. Gen. Glazenapp's S
losses are reported to have been
twenty-seVen killed and $50 wounded.
Gen. Vladimiroff, who was mainly
instrumental in organizing the often
sive, is quoted by the dispatch as
saying that the German Russian of
fensive under Col. Avaloff- Bermondt
came too late to stop the advance of
the Russian northwestern army.