New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
T.. 5. Wounded
Bufchered by
Reds With Axes
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throat cut open, apparently with
axe"
The discovery of mutilated bodies has
brought new spirit to the Americans.
who are now fighting mad
kadish Captured Mondcy
American forces captured Kadish
last Monday after display of gal
lantry that evoked the admiration of
the Allied commanders. Special care
has been taken of the American wound
ed and the body Of an American Office
was taken back 100 miles by sledge and
then shipped to Archangel for buria!
There we've some casualties on Mon
day but they were small in comparison
to those inflicted upon the enemy.
On Tuesday the Bolaheviki opened q
terrific IRE from three and six-inch
guns AM launched counter attacl:
against the buildings held by Amcri-
cars in Kadish. 50 hot was the artil-
!ely fire that the Americans were with
drawn temporarily from the village
The line however, was not taken bacl,
very far and the new positions were
held firmly. The enemy did not occup,,
kadish because the barrage fire from
the American guns made the place mn
tenable. Shells falling on the frozen
ground spread their zones of dcstruc
ton twice as far as they would under
normal conditions.
Americans Sweep Forward
Later, under the protection OF artil
lery fire, American detachments again
swept forward and reoccupied the
town. The men engaged in the adj
vance We're from infantry and trench
mortar units. This morning word
came from headquarters that the
American positions now are 400 metres
south Of the village, which is the line
marking the furthest advance made by
.ho Americans late in October before
the retired to the north Of Kadisb
Here and there are graves where are
buried Americans who fell in the
"'''iNN' heS are 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 Bolsheviki
2ie lighting more savagely mere than
elsewhere to hold their positions.
Tho Potrograd road leads southwark
TO Plesetskaya, large village on the
Nologda Railway which is the cncmy's
base OF operations at the Kadish and
Omega fronts
Allied Positions Attacked
Allied positions on the Omega front
near the village of Pochura were at
tackled by the enemy yesterday. This
attack was centred on a Russian naval
brigade, which held its positions, in
hlcting heavy losses without apparent
- losing man. On the Nologda Rail
way the Bolshcviki have for the last
three days kept up a strong artillery
ire and have brought an armored train
INTO action. Little damage apparently
was done to the Allied positions. On
the other hand, an Allied she'll struck
an enemy barracks, doing great dam
age.
In this sector Allied forces advanced
on snoWshoos over soft snow a few
days ago. Beneath the snow was an
unfrozcn swamp and the men often
sank into the mud up to their waists in
spite OF their Arctic footgear. The
hattie with the elements makes the
fighting here of the utmost difficulty.
Fighting Is Less Violent
To-day the fighting about Kadish ap-
parently had ceased except for spas
monic artillery action. The hcadouar-
ters report said; "Thc situation is
unchanged in all sectors"
The Bolsheviki are carrying on prom
aganda endeavoring to prove that they
treat prisoners kindly. Late this week
an enemy patrol in the vicinity OF
kadish shouted across No Mans Land
taht they had prisoners to exchange.
American officers went forward to IN
vestigate and at a safe distance from,
the American troops the Bolsheviki
produced two men, one an American
and the other a Scotchman Instead o.
offering them for exchange, thcv s.id
they would "fattcn and treat kindly"
any other Americans or Scotchmen VINO
joined them. Then ,hoy whiskcd the
two prisoners book ITO thc woods.