Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-24
.BOLSHEv|K| ROUTED
AND 0REL CAPTURED
Poles Join Battle Against the
Germans; Take kovno.
RED GOVERNMENT NEAR FALL
Armies Closing in on Petroorad and
Moscow and the Capture of the
Former City Is Believed
Imminent

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London, Oct. 16.-General Denikine's
anti-bolshevik army has captured the
important city of Orel, together with
thousands of prisoners and enormous
quantities of material, it was an
nOunced in advices received here.
Two batteries of bolshevik artillery
fell into General Denikine's hands.
While Orel is 23S miles south of
Moscow, possession of the city will
give General Denikine secure hold
on vast stretches of territory in old
Russia, as the place is one of the most
| important railway centers south of the
present Russian capital.
Cry "Christ Is Risen."
General Denikine's communique re-
porting the capture of Orel reads:
"Orel was entered after many days
of fierce fighting in which several red
divisions were defeated. The towns
people welcomed the troops, falling on
their knees and calling out, Christ is
risenI' East of Orel our troops de-
bouched on the line Of Preobrazhens-
koe-Turemeff."
| With General Denikine's Cossack
army advancing from the south and
the northwestern forces almost within
| striking distance of Petrograd, the
soviet government of Russia is facing
a crisis. Bolshevik headquarters at
Petrograd was closed Thursday, &C.
cording to dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Reval.
Fifty Miles From Petrograd.
Stockholm, Oct. 16.-The northwest
ern Russian army is reported here to
have pushed some So miles beyond
hamburg, which it captured recently,
and to be within 20 miles Of Gathina,
which is only 80 miles southwest of
Petrograd.
The taking of $500 prisoners and
nine guns from the bolsheviki is an
nounced Confidence is expressed
among the officers that Petrograd will
fall before this attack.
In fighting the red army is making
use of mines to a great extent, blow
ing up the roads everywhere while re-
| treating.
An armored train named "Lenine"
and several armored automobiles, as
well as so railway cars, were among
the material captured at hamburg.
The Poles have begun an offensive
against the Germano-R Russian forces in
the Baltic region, according to mes
sage received here from Riga. They
are reported to have captured Kovno,
60 miles northwest of Wilma, near the
Courland border.
Savage Fighting Continues.
Copenhagen, Oct. 16.-Savage fight
ing is still going on in the city Of Riga
between Lettish and Lithuanian troops
and the Germano-Russian army which
entered the western part of the city
last week Reports reaching here
state that shells have fired a portion
of the town and that great damage
has been done the quays and harbors.
Many civilians have been killed during
the battle.
Dispatches received here state that
all the prisoners taken by the Let's
have been Bavarians.
Battle Grows More Severe.
Berlin, Oct. 16-Newspaper dis
patches received here from Mitau re-
port continued fighting between the
Germano-R Russian and Lettish troops,
the engagement growing in severity
with the arrival of 5000 Esthonian re-
endorsements.
The messages report that the Ger
| mano-R Russian forces on Tuesday oc-
/ cupied Dunamunde, the port at the
mouth of the Duna on the south side
of the river, and Bolderan, just to the
south of Dunamunde.
Russians and Germans Clash.
London. Oct. 16.-The western Rus
sian central council has ousted the
German authorities at Mittau, replac-
ing them by a regime headed by Rus
sian governor general named Scheide-
mann. according to wireless dispatch
received here from Berlin. A state of
siege has been declared at Mitau.
| General Eberhardt has invited the
Lithuanian government to send dele
gates TO a conference to be held at Sat
kanv and the invitation has been ac-
cepted. the dispatch declares.
u. S. Not in Blockade of Russia.
par;s Oct. 16.-The United States
did not join with the entente powers
in asking Germany to cooperate in a
blockade of soviet Russia, and the
American delegation here does not adj
mil any American participation in an
oc+ual blockade against Russia in the
polite as the United States is unwill-
inc TO approve the principle of peace
f,,l blockade, and none of the allied
and associated powers is actually at
nor with the soviet government.
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