Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-02
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Archangel, (Tucsday), @pc. 81, thy
The Associated Press. American
troops yesterday recaptured the VIII
lage of Kadash, on the middle sector
Of the northern Russian front and
today pushed forward their lines a
distance of two miles south of the
village in the direction Of Nologda.
This winter push, which was
against strong resistance, was UNDER
taken simultaneously with a move
mcnt southwark by the allied troops
along the Omega river The Omega
column rested today at the village OF
Gogol
The recapture Of kadish was mark
ed by some heavy fighting in which,
however, the American casualties
We're light This village which IS To-
Gated about midway between the Vo-
loGda railway and the Dyina river.
was strongly defended and the Boil
shevill there ussd the blockhouse
built bv the Americans ana British
when they occupied the town in No
vember prior TO being driven out by
| larae forces &c Relshevki lfrrin-
! MD, MJhUdy muruing with an artil-
leFy attack the Americans advanced
across the frozen Emtsa river where
their position have for more than
month been located in lev dugouts on
the bank of the stream. bordering the
I destroyed bridge at the crossing OF
the Petrograd road. They crossed
the stream and cleared the Bolshevik
trenches and machine gun emplace-
mennts o the opposite bank.
Canadian Artillery Aids.
The Americans then pushed for,
. Nf, tn ha u fpetf
| ing their way under the protection Of
| Canadian artillery which was able to
/ place shells almost at viii in Kadish.
/ The fur-clad American flankihg par
/ ties In the frozen swamps bordering
on the road contributed materially
/ to the American success,
The recapture of Kadlsh gives the
! American troops a good winter posi-
! ton in the block houses they have
/ built. Since the retirement from the
/ town early in November the troops on
/ this sector had had virtually no shell
] ter the front line being unable to
! build fires for fear Of the artillery
and snipers on the opposite bank of
/ the narrow Tmtsa river
| Preparations for Yesterdays attack
| on Kadish was carried ont under con-
/ ditious met with nowhere except in
1 semi-arctic wilderness. A battery OF
| heavy howitzcrs had TO be brought on
sleighs eighty miles on a rough trail
| through the wilderness. The Omega
| column on reaching Gogoli apparent
! " obtained fully the objective of its
push southwark
Advance Fourteen Miles.
| Archangel (Mondayl Dec so. (hy
/ The Associated Press. Am allied
force composed Of Americans, Rus
slams and Poles yesterday advanced
! II miles southwark along the road
! bordering the Omega river. They met
/ with considerable resistance from the
| Bolsheviki, but captured more than
dozen villages and did not halt until
! thev had taken the village of Cngoli
Starting from the village Of Kalo-
/ yangi early saturday morning, Amer
lean forces took the village Of Prilaki
I where there is a largo monastery
! They continued the advance in hot
! lighting Sunday and had not yet
| been halted up to late Monday
SlciGhs are hcing used to transport
! tho allied soldiers.
The advance, the first attempt Of
| the winter, was carried out under
| semi Arctic conditions and in the few
! hours of daylight which obtain In this
region The village of GnSoli is ap-
! provimately so miles south Of Omega
! and about 40 miles west OF the frozen
swamp which forms the allied posi-
| tious along the Nologda railroad The
road along which the allies advanced
! crosses the railway line AT an inn
| portant strategic center.
/ An important role in Yesterdays
fighting was taken by Russian ma
val brigade which had been trained
/ by American and British naval offic-
! crs. The Polish troops who paTtici-
pated distinguished themselves in the
1 early DAYS Of the fighting along the
i Dvina. The Poles and Russians are
I filled with hatred for the BolshevilSi
and neither ask nor give quarter in
combat