New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
Yudenitch, Only 25 Miles
Away, Is Advancing on
Tsarskoe.Selo; Moscow
Seethes With Revolt
General Retreat
In West Siberia
Lenine Troops Deport All
People From 10 to so
as Kolchak Drives On

LONDON, Oct. 16 (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The Bolsheviki are
evacuatng Petrograd, while the Rus
sian army of General Yudenitch, con-
Quoting the major operations against
the former Russian capital, has oc-
cupcd Catschina, twenty-five miles
from Petrograd, and is advancing on
Tsarskoe Selo. The Bolshevik troops
defending Petrograd have mutined and
refuse to fight any longer. This in
formation reached London to-day in
dispatches from Helsingfors. The
capture of Gatchina by General Yu-
denitch is confirmed also in dis
patches from Copenhagen.
Under the supervision Of American
officers at Viborg, energetic measures
are being taken to supply food to Pet
rograd in the event that city is cap
tured by the Russian forces, according
to the "Daily Nails" Helsingfors cor
respondent, telegraphing Wednesday
The supplies on hand are calculated tc
enteen days.
Trotzky Keinforcements Rumored
The correspondent says an uncon.
frmed report in Helsingfors is to the
effect that Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevil
Minister of War, has brought large re-
Inducements to Petrograd, and that
Russians beyond Gatschina.
While General Dpnpkine at the
head Of an army estimated at $4,000
men, is continuing his advance on
Tula, regarded as the key to Moscow, a
wireless dispatch from Omsk, the seat
of the government OF Admiral Kol-
chak, dated October 13, announces a
general retreat by the Bolshevlki be-
fore the armies of the Omsk govern
ment in Western Siberia. The dis
patch reads:
the whole line They are deporting
the entire population between the ages
of 16 and so and are likewise remov-
ing the cattle"
kolchak 'Outlawed" by Soviet
The message announces also the re-
ceipt of advices that the Soviet of
Peoples Commissaries in Moscow has
! issued an order "outlawing" Admiral
Kolchak and his Ministers and demand
ing the arrest Of his agents and those
of the Allies.
The message reports that wireless
dispatch has been received at Omsk
stating that by a plebiscite in Moscow
the workmen have declared themselves
against the Soviet government and in
favor Of supporting Admiral Kolchak.
Moscow, it is stated, is political vol
cano, and q revolt there is looked for
with the capture of Petrograd by Gen
eral Yudenitch and the seizure OF Tula
by General Denikne.
Driven back by the advance Of their
enemies on four fronts the Bolsheviki,
fighting with their backs to the wall,
are making desperate preparations to
defend the two chief political nerve
centres of their acknowledgement and
Moscow. Their armies, however, appear
to be facing disaster. General Deni-
kine's Cossacks, from the south, Polish
forces from the west, Russian legions
from the northwest and Russian troops
from the north, have during the last
few days forged ahead in the direction
of petrograd and Moscow, and it seems
the entire Bolshevik military machine
is about to be crushed.
Pctrograd Declared Doomed
ne uOOlH Ol IetIoSIau appears 10 De
sealed, in the opinion Of observers. In
the extreme north the Northern Rus
sian army has broken the resistance
Of the Bolsheviki, according to reports,
and is pushing the enemy toward
Omega, a city $50 miles southwest of
Archangel.
Further to the south the Northern
Russian army has Nmade it's way far
down along the Dvina River. Deni-
kines men have driven a giant wedge
into Central Russia as far as Orol md
beyond and are rapidly advancing on
Tula, an important railway centre
which is not only the gateway 70 Mos
COW, but the capture of which will
cut off the Bolsheviki from comnunl-
cations with Western Siberia, will
isolate Samara and close the railway
| lines to Turkestan.
1t is believed the retreat of the
Bolsheviki, announced by wireless from
! Omsk, $ q desperate attempt on th'il
part to reach Samara and descend
the Volga in an effort to halt Denikine
Generals Yudenitch and Denikine are
believed TO be in constant wireless
touch with Admiral Kolchak.
Ukrainians Oppose Denikinc
West of General Denikine's army are
forces of Ukrainians who, while sup
posed 10 be hostile to the Bolsheviki
have declared war on Denikine because
Of alleged atrocities perpetrated by
the latters troops in their advance or
Moscow Reports have been received
however, that while Denikine has cut
off relations with General Petlure
commander Of the Ukrainian troops, s
part of Petlura's army has joined DENT
kine's forces. having been promised
that tho latter will wrest Easter,
Galicia ard part OF the province OF
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