Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-07
Tuesday, January z, 1919.
FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.
Americans Drive BoIshevists Near
Kadish.

HU1eTiCdHS ITlVe poISneviStS NoaF
Kadish.
With the Allied Army Of the Dvina,
Saturday, January (By the Associ-
ated Press) American troops fighting
desperately near Kadish have driven
back Bolshevik troops which made an
advance there. The Bolshevisss also
launched attacks on the Omega sector
and bombarded the Allied forts. The
Americans came into battle along the
Petrograd road and in the frozen
swamps that border 1t. The battle was
! fought in snow from two to four feet
in depth.
American troops captured Kadish on
last Monday after display Of gallan-
try that evoked the admiration Of the
Allied commanders. Special care has
been taken Of the American wounded
and the body Of an American officer
was taken back 100 miles by sledge
and then shipped to Archangel for
burial. There were some casualties on
Monday, but they were small in COM
parison to those inflicted upon the en-
emy.
sarrage Stops BoIshsvists.
On Tuesday, the Bolshevists opened
a terrific fire from three and six inch
guns and launched q counterattack
against the buildings held by Ameri-
cans in Kadish. So hot was the artil-
lery fire that the Americans were with
drawn temporarily from the village.
The line. however. was not taken back
| very far and the new positions were
firmly held. The enemy did not occu-
] py Kadish, because the barrase fire
from the American guns made the
place untenable. Shells falling on the
frozen ground spread their zone3. Of
destruction twice as far as they would
Under normal conditions.
Later under the protection Of artil-
lery fire, American detachments again
swept forward and reoccupied the
town. The men engaged in the ad-
vance were from infantry and trench
mortar units. This morning word
came from headquarters that the
American positions are now 400 meters
south of the village, which Is the line
marking the furthest advance made by
the Americans late in October, before
they retired to the north of Kadish.
Here and there are graves where are
buried Americans who fell In the
struggle that went on during the first
advance. They are not many in num-
Der, but for the troops involved, they
give evidence that the Americans have
been in the hardest fighting that has
been going on here. The Bolshevists
are fighting more savagely here than
elsewhere to hold their positions
The Petrograd road leads southwark
to Plestskaya, a large village on the
Vologda railway, which Is the enemy's
base Of operations at the Kadish and
| Omega fronts.
Russian Hold Position.
Allied positions on the Omega front
near the village Of Pechura were at.
tackled by the enemy yesterday. This
attack was centered on a Russian ma
val brigade, which held its positions.
lnfiicting heavy losses without appar-
emily losing a man. On the Vologda
railway the Bolshevists have for the
past three days kept up strong artil-
| lery fire and have brought an armored
train into action. Little damage ap-
parently was done on the Allied posi-
tions. On the other hand, an Allied
shell struck an enemy barracks, doing
great damage.
| In this sector Allied forces advanced
on. snow shoes over soft snow few
days ago. Beneath the snow was an
unfroZen swamp and the men often
sank into the mud up to their waists In
spite of their arctic footgear. The bat
| tie with the elements makes the fight
ing here very difficult.
Further evidence that the Bolshe--
visits are mutilating allied wounded
and dead came to headquarters today
in a report from Lieutenant Colonel
Coberly, who was in command Of the
American forces in the vicinity OF
Shenkursk on November 20. Americans
were the victims, according to the re-
| rort. A patrol Of so American soldiers
and two officers was surprised early on
September 20 by a force Of about 700
Bolshevists. Seven Americans were
killed and seven others were missing
after the fight.
Bodies MutiIated.
Following is the report of Lieutenant
| Colonel Coberly as to the condition OF
the bodies found after the engagement,
the names Of the men being omitted: :
| mo. /. Lieutenant-Head smashed
with axe. :,
mo. 2. Corporal-Head so smashed
with an axe that only parts Of the face
remained.
mo. 8. Corporal-Head smashed In
with axe and arms and legs broken by
blows, apparently by blunt side OF axe.
| mo. 4. Private-Head smashed with
axe.
mo. 6. Private-Head smashed and
throat cut open; apparently with axe
In the meantime, the Bolshevists are
carrying on propaganda endeavoring
to prove that they treat prisoners
| kindly. Late this week an enemy pa
troll in the vicinity of Kadish shouted
across mo Mans Land" that they had
prisoners to exchange. American off,
GERS went forward to investigate and at
a safe distance from the American.
troops the Bolshevists produced two
men, one an American and the other a
Scotehman. Instead of offering them
for exchange, they said they would
"fatten and treat kindly any other
Americans or Scotchmen who Joined
them. Then they wh'sked the two
prisoners back into the woods.
The discovery Of mutilated bodies at
Shenkursk has brought a new spirit to
the Americans who are now fighting
mad.
Today the fighting about Kadish ap-
parently has ceased except spasmodic
artillery action. The headquarters re-
port said:
"The situation is unchanged in all
sectors"