The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-17
HEARS
OF FALL Of
PETROGRAD

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Reports Of
he capture Of Petroerad and kronstadt
BY Northwestern Russian forces under
Sen. Nudenltch were received at the
state department today from an Amerl-
ian consular officer in Sweden on the
finnish border.
Confirmation of the reports had not
been received when the dispatch was
sent, but Il was said that they generally
were credited In Sweden.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE march of
Gen. Vudenltch, at the head Of the
Northwestern Russian army on the city
tavoraely at the latest advices. Some
reports Of his advance, however, nave
apparently outrun his actual progress.
There appeared, for Instance, some
doubt today whether the fortress Of
kFonstadt, outpost at the water APP
preach to Petrosrad, had capitulated to
British naval forces, as Indicated In
admiralty had received M c~onflrmatory
adVlces and the accuracy Of the news
was questioned In admiralty circles.
Dispatches from Scandinavia have
announced the capture Of Gatohina, rs
miles south Of Petrograd, by the Yuden-
Itch forces, and stated that Yudenlteh
former summer residence Of the late
Emperor Nicholas, and Krasnoye seIo,
nearby.
Reports of the capture of these places
ply the ntl-Bolshevik army. however,
seemed of doubtful accuracy. A Boil
shevik wireless station Is located at
Tsarskoe -Selo, and announcement was
made by the wireless press here this
morning that the Bolsheviki were APP
parently still in possession of 1t, as
soviet propaganda was vet being sent
out from the station during this fore
noon.
Soviet troops are reported to be leav-
ing Petrograd, a mutiny among the
men having broken out. In any event
advlces indicate the Yudenitch forces
are encountering feeble resistance,
Bolshevik troops are said to have
captured Kiev, but in this region the
situation is obscure. 1t was reported
last week Kiev was in the hands OF
Gen. Petlura's Ukrainlan army, which
advanced against Gen. Denikine's left
flank following Petlura's declaration OF
war on the Cossacls chicftaln.
Further details Of the situation south
of Moscow have not been received but
it appears the Bolshevik armies in
that region are launching counterattacks
against Gen, Denikine's lines. With the
exception of-the capture of Kiev, the
I3olsheyiki seem to have been repulsed
alang the nsw front.S
4 There Is Siso some uncertainty as to
lthe exact situation In Lithuania, where
RUSSIAN and Lithuanian forces are mo-
kfized. Lithuanian troops have been
ledered to advance against Shawl, in
Jle government of Kovno. II this move
aent should be carried put the Lithuan-
Jams would be in the rear of the Ger
man Russian forces which advanced
against Riga last week and have since
last Friday been fighting Lettish and
1Gsthonian troops in that city.
In the meantime Admiral Kolchak,
head of the all Russian government at
Omsk and commander of the anti-Bol-
shevik elements on the East Russian
front, Is advancing rapidly in pursuit
of the soviet armies which have been
Il ordered TO retire. The location of the
line in battle in this region has not
been reported recently but 1t is known
TO be west of the Tobol river, which
flows northward through the eastern
foothills Of the Trials.