Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
ALLIED TROOPS
NOW REDS down
IN Great HEAPS
8oIsheviki Receive Crushing
Defeat in Attack on British;
Trotzky Orders Baltic
Fleet Into Action.

London, April 5.-The bolshe-
Wiki completely devastated the
town Of Ossa before its capture
by Admiral KoIchak's forces, &C.
cording to official dispatches today
from Omsk. All the educated
classes in Ossa, the messages de-
clare, were murdered, the total
number OF persons shot reaching
1000.
Few of the men vino were in the
place are left, as nearly all the sur
viving workmen were carried off
when the bolsheviki evacuated the
trwn. H..
Paris. April 5.-The Russian
government at Omsk, headed by
Admiral Kolchak, is steadily grow
ing in power, according to advices
received by the Russian commits
sion here, Boris A. Bakhmetoff,
Russian ambassador to the United
States, said today.
ArchangeI. April 5.-Alled forces,
principally British and Russian.
operating in the Sreqn Mekhrenga
sector, delivered a crushing defeat
Yesterday afternoon to a large boil
sheviki attacking party.
The enemy charged the allied
blockhouses and the piles of bolshe-
wiki dead lying near them, indicated
the severity of the enemy's losses.
In addition, the allied troops cap
tured nearly 100 prisoners, includ-
ing bolsheviki battalion command
er and his adjutant.
In the Observation-Disclosures sector
American patrols continue to harass
the enemy. The allied guns are still
heavily shelling the town.
Weather Favors Allies.
East of Obozerskaya, Is miles
east of Bolshie Ozerki, the enemy
considerable number
of troops, but was repulsed. In
raid near Sreqn Mekhrenga, west of
the Dvina, the allies carried out a
raid in which number of the EN-
envy were killed and seven cap
tured. In the direction OF Omega,
the bolshevIki continue to she'll the
allied positions at Kleshive.
The weather is breaking in ia
vor of the allies in the territory
about Obozerskaya,
A bolsleviki prisoner. questioned
regarding the morale OF the enemy
forces, declared today:
s'Fha sniI,nrr - nnr re tf,putS
are modified peasants and the Of
Iicers are volunteer communists. The
spirit of the soldiers is low and ev-
is fed up with the COM
munists. The soldiers are treated
very severely. and are shot for leav-
ing their positions without permits
sion. A new system OF discipline
has been inaugurated, different
ranks and distinctions being re-es-
IabIished, ard soldiers must salute
On pain vi death Our men are SUIT
Icring from typhoid and look upon
he situation as being one in which
The peasants are against the boil
,hev ki. Along the road are posts
garrisoned by Chinese, who search
all travellers and take everything
hey can find"
Fear Detection of Firms.
London, April 5.-An official
statement dealing with the opera
1ons on the Murmzhsk and Arch
nigel fronts issued tonight, says:
General Maynard is taking en-
.rget tic action to deal with the situ-
.tion which is causing anxiety l20
niles south of Murmansk. Rein
orcements Of infantry and marines
aave been rapidly moved down the
railway line and it is hoped they
nay succeed in nipping in the bud
The mutinous tendency among the
Finnish troops who form part OF
General Maynard's forces. The OBJ
ect of the latter is believed to be to
effect a junction with the bolshe-
Wiki"
Trotzky Orders Sea Attack.
& Leon Trotzky. the bolsheviki min
ster of war and marine. has ordered
The Russian Baltic fleet to put to
sea and attack the allies, threatening
10 have all the crews shot it they
iisobey the order says the Mail.