Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-29
CRUSHING DEFEAT
/ FOR BOLSHEVIKI.
Poles Rout "Reds" In Neighbor-
hood Of Dubno; Foes in Re-
treat Everywhere.
NCTORs ARE IN PURSUIT
Generals PetIura and Denlklne Con-
tinue offenses In West and South
Russia With Striking Success
-kolchak Forced Back.

Copenhagen, Aug. 25.--The Polish
hrmy has administered a crushing de-
feat OF the bolsheviki in the neighbor-
hood Of Dubno. the Polish general staff
at Warsaw announces.
The soviet forces are in retreat ev-
everywhere. with the Polish army in
pursuit.
The fortress of Rovno, in volhynia,
northeast OF Dubno, has been captured
by the Poles after hard fighting.
East Of Minsk the Poles have
reached the line Of Igumen-Dortyn.
Ukrainian troops have captured
odessa, II is announced by the Ukrain-
fan mission.
The capture was effected after Sc
we're fighting north of the city. Boil
shevist naval detachments from the
Black sea fleet, who were dispatched
in great haste to oppose the Ukrain-
ians deserted.
Berlin. Aug. 23.-The Tageblatt's
Tilsit. East Prussia, correspondent, re
ports the transport Of troops and pro
visions to Russla by night.
This Is considered here as confirm
ing the assertion Of Die Freiheit that
there Is cooperation between the Ger.
man military party and the Russia
counter revolutIonaries
London, Aug. 23.-Advices received
by prominent Poles in London are to
the effect that Generals Petlura and
DenllSine are continuing their offen
sives respectively in west and south
Russia against the bolsheviki and with
striking success.
The correspondent was Informed
that General Dcnlkine's advance prob
ably soon would connect him with tn,
signal for the rising OF the entire
Ukraine against bolshevism and the
driving back of the bolshevilxl into
the desolate regions OF central Russia
The bolshevik drive which hereto
fore had been toward Omsk. now Il
being centered against Turkestan
where the bolsheviki would be able Il
secure cotton and other supplies oi
which they would be deprived by th'
loss OF the Ukraine.
Admiral Kolchak's Ural Cossack'
and his southern army have beer
forced back to the Orenburg- -Tashken'
railway. The northern Siberian real
guards are retiring and the bolshe
wiki claim that they have crossed tn,
Tobot river.
The latest information concerning
the strength and the distribution o.
the bolshevik army is as follows:
On the north front. $4,000; wes
front. 10000; south front, 146,OOO
and east front, 133,000 In addition
II Is estimated htat they have 727 .0O'
men available in the interior.
The Armenians have taken the of
fensive southeast OF Kamaria and ar,
meeting with success The belief wa
expressed that the withdrawal of Brit
1sh troops from the Armenian regioI
win not be likely to affect the fate o
Armenia.
The bolsheviki have plundered tn,
town Of Stanlzas, in the district o
the Upper Don river, according to ad
vices reaching here. Cruelties wer
fnfilcted on the population by the Dol
sheviki, who are reported to hav
killed children in their cradles and +
have burned old people.
In the towns Of Migullnskaia an,
Kabanskaia. in the same region, tn
ndvlces add. 5000 persons have bee
executed and more than 800 have bee
put to denth In the surrounding ter
ritory.