Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-17
RUSSIAN DRIVE
ON PETROGRAD IS
BEING PRESSED
Doubt Expressed as to Truth of Report
That Fortress ofKronstadt Capitulated
to British Naval Forces
BOLSHEVIKI FORCES CLAIM
THEY ARE MAKING GAINS
By Associated Pres,

London, Oct. 1.-THE mafsh of
General Yudenitch at the head Nof
the northwestern Russian army on
the city of Petrograd was still pro-
crossing favorably at the latest ad-
vices. Some reports of his advance,
however, have apparently outrun his
actual progress. There appeared, for
instance, some doubt to-day whether
the fortress of Kronstadt, outpost at
the water approach to Petrograd,
had capitulated to British naval
forces, as indicated in reports dur
ing the night. The British Admiralty
had received no confirmatory ad-
vices and the accuracy of the news
was questioned in Admiralty cir
cles.
Dispatches from Scandinavia have
announced the capture of Gatchina,
25 miles south of Petrograd, by the
Yudenitch forces and stated that he
was advancing on Tsarskoe-Selo,
former summer residence of En-
peror Nicholas, and Krasnoye-Selo,
nearby. Reports of the capture of
these places by the anti-Bolshevik
army, however, seem of doubtful ac-
curacy. A Bolshevik wireless station
is located at Tsarskoe-Selo and an
nouncement was made by the Wire
less Press here this morning that the
Bolsheviki We're apparently still in
possession of, it, as Soviet propa-
ganda was yet being sent out from
the station during this forenoon.
Soviet troops are reported to be
leaving Petrograd, a mutiny among
the men having broken out. In any
event, advices indicate the Yudenitch
forces are encountering feeble re-
sistance.
Situation Uncertain
Bo1shevik troops are said to have
captured Kiev, but in this region the
situation is obscure. 1t was reported
last week that Kiev was in the hands
OF General Petlura's Ukrainian army
which advanced against General Den
ikine's left flank following Petura's
declaration of war on the Cossack
chieftain.
Further details of the situation
south of Moscow have not been re-
ceived, but it appears the Bolshevik
armies in that region are launching
counter attacks against General Den
ik:ne's lines. With the exception OF
the capture of Kiev, the Bolsheviki
seem to have been repulsed along the
new front.
There is also some uncertainty as
to the exact situation in Lithuania,
where Russian and Lithuanian forces
are mobilized. Lithuanian troops
have been ordered to advance against
Shawl, in the government of Kovno.
If this movement should be carried
out, the Lithuanians would be in the
rear of the Germano-Russian forces
which advanced against Riga last
week, and have since last Friday
been fighting Lettish and Esthonian
troops in that city.
In the meantime Admiral Kolchak.
head of the All-Russian government
at Omsk and commander of the anti
Bolshevik elements on the east Rus
sian front, is advancing rapidly in
pursuit of the Soviet armies which
have been ordered to retire. The To-
cation of the line of battle in this
region has not been reported recent
ly, but it is known to be west of the
Tobol river. which flows northward
through the eastern foothills of the
Urals
A Bolshevik wireless message from
Moscow reports that Kiev was re-
taken yesterday by the Bolsheviki
forces.
The communication says:
"On the fifteenth we captured Kiev
by surprise. The attack was so i'm
petuous that the enemy was unable
to cross to the left bank of the Dnie-
per river and was forced to flee
northward in disorder"
Kiev has been occupied by Gen
eral Denikines army for a short
time, the Bolsheviki having evacuat-
ed the place. An official report from
Denikine under date of Wednesday,
however, said that fierce fighting
was in progress in the vicinity of
Kiev.
The tide against the Bolsheviki
continues to run strong in other
fields. A general retreat before the
armies of Admiral Kolchak in west
ern Siberia being announced in a
wireless message from the Kolchak
Government at Omsk, dated October
13. The dispatch reads:
"The Bolsheviki are retreating
along the whole line. They are de-
porting the entire population be-
tween the ages of sixteen and fifty
and are likewise removing the cat
tle."
The message announces the re-
ceipt of advices that the Council of
Peoples Commissaries in Moscow
had issued an order outlawing Ad-
miral Kolchak and his ministers
and demanding the arrest of his
agents and those of the Allies in ST.
IBERIA.
The message also reports that n
Bolshevik wireless dispatch had
been received which admitted that
in a plebiscite in Moscow the work
men had declared themselves against