Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-28
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RETREATS
IN RUSSIA
BOIsheviki Force Allies from
ShenkurSk; Tired Columns
in Fine Spirits De-
spite Cold.
By Associated Press.

Archangel. Jan. 27.-The holshc
Wiki now are on the offensive with
infantry or artillery, or both against
four of the seven thin columns Of
the allies and Russians which have
penetrated southwark through thel
frozen forest swamps of the prov
ince of Archangel.
Saturday night the enemy entered|
Shenkursk while the tired column|
of Americans, Russians and British
which had evacuated Shenkursk|
marched in a detour over the deepl
snow. evading force of several
hundred of the enemy, who waited
on the main high road to trap the
column in its retreat.
No New Attacks.
In good spirits, despite longl
marches in the cold and 10 days OIL
hard fighting, the Americans and theI
other troops on the allied forceI
were today at Shegovari, approxi-l
uately 80 miles north of Shrenkursl1I
on the Vaga river. The enemy ap-l
parently is sending patrols to follow
the retreating troops, but up to this|
morning no new attacks had beenl
made on this sector.
Saturday the bolsheviki attacked
the allied positions at Taresevo, al
village about 40 miles east of Shen-
kursk in the sector between the
Vaga river and the Vologda road.
They were repuIsed with heavy
losses, the Americans, British andl
Russian troops fighting with such
valor that the enemy column which,
attacked on the left of Taresevo.
along the Kotchmas road. retired inI
considerable disorder, leaving 20I
men dead in the snow, cut down by
the allied machine gun fire. Onl
the right of the village an enemy
column was spotted by the AYneri-
can artillery and retreated Under a
rain of shells.
Artillery Active.
On the Dvina river, no Infantry
attacks have yet developed, al
though the enemy artillery con
tinues a heavy bombardment at Tul-
gas. On the Vologda railroad the
enemy's armored train continues to
she'll the allied positions and re-
Gently his patrols, moving over
frozen trails in the swamps, which
were impossible in the SUMMER.
have attempted bombing raido
against American outposts.
Capture Many Stores.
The bolsheviki captured a large
store of provisions at Shenkursk,
which the garrison was unable toI
burn for fear of revealing the inten-
ton to withdraw. All the Amer
ican guns were either removed or
rendered useless.
A large number of peasants and
Russian partisan troops also moved
out with the American forces.
The bolshev;ki have apparently be-
gun in earnest their threat to drive
the allies into the White sea by
March. The situation, however, IS
we'll in hand and Russian troops
trained in Archangel are being add
ed to the allied forces. Isolated posi-
tiops Ike Shenkursk, however, may
have to be given up.
Russ Give Aid.
In fhe fighting near Shenkursk
Russian troops fought side by side
with the Americans, British and
French with great bravery. Allied
airplanes flew low over the roads
wherever the slow moving bolshe-
wiki sled transports were seen and
bombs were dropped on them. The
aviators also attacked the boIsheviki
with machine gun FIRE.
The bolshevili offensive began
with small raids and bombardment
of Ust Padenga, which was the most
southerly position held by the allies
on this front. The first attacks were
repulsed but the Americans and
Russians garrisoning the town were
subjected to a rain of approximately
1000 shells daily for a week.