The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-17
NO CONFIRMATION,

LONDON, Oct. 17-Confirmation of
reports that British naval forces
have taken the fortress Of Kronstadt,
on the Gulf of Finland west of Petro-
grad, has not been received at the
admiralty Offices here. Dispatches
telling Of the capitulation of Kron-
stadt are not credited, it being said
the British have only light cruisers in
the vicinity which are incapable of
successfully challenging the fortress.
Admiralty officials state there was no
reason fer British attack on the
place.
The wireless press this morning an
nounced that the Russian Bolshevik
authorities we're still sending during
the forenoon today propaganda mes
sages through the wireless station at
Tsarskoe-Selo. This would indicate
that General Yudenitch had not yet,
as reported, reached this point in his
advance on Petrograd.
Soviet troops are reported to be
leaving Petrograd, a mutiny among
the men having broken out. In any
event advices indicate that the Yude-
mitch forces are encountering feeble
resistance.
Bolshevik troops are said to have
captured kiev, but in this region the
situation Is obscure. 1t was report
ed last week that Kiev was in the
! hands of General Petluras Ukrainian
army. which advanced against Gener-
| al Denikines left flank, following Pet
| lura's declaration of war on the
Cossack chieftain.
Counter Attack Made.
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.
ikines lines. With the exception of
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 mo-
bilized. Lithuanian troops have been
ordered to advance against Shawl, il
the gulf of Kovno.
If this movement should be carried
out, the Lithuanians would be in the
rear of the Germano-Russan forces
which advanced against Riga last
week and have since last Friday been
in that city.
head Of the All-Russian governm ent
at Omsk, and commander of the anti
| Bolshevik elements on the East Rus
sian front, is advancing rapidly il
pursuit of the soviet armies, which
have been ordered to retire
An official Russian statement con
firms the capture of Gatchina anc
Krasnasia Gorka, on the coast of The
Gulf of Finland, by Yudenitch. Cat
china was stormed after short bonn
bardment, the BoIsheviki fleeing wher
the northwestern army charged bGyo
nets.
General Yudenitch, whose north
western Russian army is marching or
| Petrograd, has been reinforced BY
| troops commanded by Prince Pete
| Lieven and volunteers from Archange
who now form the vonguard of the
advance according to Helsingsfor:
dispatch to the Dagbladet. A Londor
dispatch received last Saturday stated
that Prince Peter Lieven was super
intending the coordination of force:
commanded by Colonel Avaloff- Ber
mont and General Won Der Goltz
which have been fighting in and abou
Riga for several days.
Esthonian forces are reported no
to have advanced materially but NJ
further advances by the Russia-Ger
man troops along the southern coas
of the Gulf of Finland have been made