Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
RUSSIAN WHITES
R0UT B0LSHEV|
FORCES AT GD0FF
CONFLICTING REPORTS TELLING
or RED SUCCESSES AND FAIL.
UREs ARE RECEIVED ON THIS
SIDE OF ATLANTIC.
By the Associated Press)

forces concentrated at Gdoft an Lake
Peipus, which constituted a most So
rious threat to the rear Of Gen. Yudc.
ntch's armies, have been dispersed.
Denikne Attacks kiev.
London, oct, ii Forces Of the Rus.
sian SOVIET government are being
slowly driven back 10 their last de
Tense in front OF Petrograd Gen.
iudenitch has captured Bulkoya.
about seven miles south of the city,
and Ligova, less than eight miles t.
the southwest. according to unofficial
reports,
kiev. which was occupied by red
last week, has been attacked by gen.
Deniktne's Cossacks, who have forced
the reds out of most of the city Kol,
chak S troops on the Siberian front
are said 10 have met reverse, los.
INK quite heavily
Reds Retake Orel.
London, oct. 2l.-Oroi has been re
taken by the h0lsheViki who ais,
nave defeated nineteen regiments Of
Con. Mamonton army outside of
>udenitch has captured Pulkoya,
patch sent ont by the soviet govern.
ment in Moscow
At Last Oefenses.
London, oct . Forces of the Rus
sian soviet government are being
slowly driven back to their last d.
lenses in front of Petrograd Gen
iudenitch has capture Pulkota. abou'
seven miles south ol the city and
Ligova less than ciaht miles to tn"
southwest, according to unofficial re
ports
Bolsheyik troops are apparently
formed along the Petrograd- Luga-
Pskoy railroad, where they are stub
'horn'y cont"sttng each attempt Of the
ludenitch forces 70 drive eastward.
The anti-Bolshoviki reached a point
near Luga last week. but since that
time there has been no indication that
the railroad has been crossed at any
point south of Gatchna which Is ad.
mitted to be in the hands of the Yudo.
mitch army Soviet forces seem still
TO be holding the coastal region west
OF Petrograd a felsingfors dispatch
telling OF duel between an anti.bol-
Gorka. A great fire, accompanied by
an explosion. was observed after tn"
battle, bu il is said il may have been
at Oranienbaum, a VILLAGE ahOr'
twelve miles east of kraSnaia GOrka
kiev. which was occupied by Dol
shevik troops last week has been at
tackled by Gen Denikines .Cossach.~
who have forced the reds out of mo t
Of the city Fighting was still going
on last Friday
Nearer the center Of Gen DEM
kine's line the SOVIET armies have as
sayed a counter ottonSc. launching an
attack at KrOnu seventeen miles
southwest of Oral This attack was
completely defeated, according to an
official report
Southeast Of Orel the holshevih
have suffered a disastrous defeat. an
official report says This battle took
place west of the KhOper River, the
most important tributary of the Don.
1t is said that volunteer troops OF the
Denikine army are following up their
advantage in this region.
KOlchak troops on the Siberian
front are said to have met WITH a
reverse. losing quite. heavily. in hgh
ing near Kurgan. This report if con
iirmed, would seem to throw som"
doubt on recent ronOrts that the Dol
sheviki are rapidly retiring on the
eastern front As late as Oct, . Kur-
gan was in he hands OF the bolshevih.
Deny kronstadts Fall.
London, oct 23.-The fortress or
Kronstadt was still in the hands OF
the Eolsheviki sunday according adds
patch to the Daily Mail from TerJiokl.
Finland, from which place the red flag
was then visible at the masthead q.
the battleship Petropavlusk which IS
reported to have been raised since she
was torpedoed by the British in Aug
ust and now is lying in the hrOnstadt
harbor.
The dispatch to the mail states that
factories at Kronsand We're working
Sunday and that seaplanes when
bombed the fortress that day were
fired on by antiair craft guns, The
reported raising of the white flag at
kornstadt Fiday is as yet uneXplaln
ed.
It is pretty generally assumed here
that Petrograd is isolated and its tail
IL a matter OF short time, but the
position is obscure with the exception
official statements that the railroad
TO Moscow has been cut and that be-
siegers are within OnlJ a Few mites o!
the city. It is said they are holding
among other places Pulkovo, the ste
of the famous imperial observatory
which Overlooks PetrOgrad. There are
no details Of actual operations nor any
reliable news as to what force tbs
Reds are able to put in the field To
oppose the army commanded by Gcn
Yudenitch. A. Heingfors dispatch re-
Ceived here says Gen fudenitch and
staff are at Gatchina which apparently
confirms the British war office as
sumption that that place is firmly IN
the hands of the anti-Bolsheviki.
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