The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-01
KADISH TAKEN
BY AMERICANS
Yankees Push Lines Forward
Two Miles South Toward
Vologda.
RIGA IN THR0ES OF PANIC
Bolshevik Forces Advance
Within Eighteen Miles of
: City-People Flee.
RIGA IN THROES OF PANIC

Clty-People Flee.
Archangel, Dec. STA. P.)--Amer-
lean troops yesterday recaptured the
village of Kadish, on the middle sec-
tor of. the northern Russian front,
and today pushed forward their lines
distance of two miles south of the
village in the direction Of Vologda.
Fleets Fired Upon
Copenhagen, Jan. Riga is panic
stricken over the advance of bolshe-
vik forces, who are only is miles
away and many families are fleeing
from the city according to advices
from Berlin.
The Russian fleet will attempt 20
leave Kronstad and meet the British
in the Baltic. Two battleships and
some cruisers manned by Esthonians
and .Lithuanians tried to put out to
sea recently, but were fired upon
from the Finnish coast and subse-
quently returned to Kronstadt.
The Russian dreadnoughts Poltava
and Sebastopol, along with a num-
ber of cruisers attempted to put TO
sea from Kronstadt to meet the Brit
ish fleet, but dissensions broke out
among the crew and the ships re-
turned. ...
Strong Resistance.
This winter push, which was
against strong resistance, was un-
dertaken simultaneously with a
movement southwark by the allied
troops along the Omega river. The
Omega column rested today at the
village, of Gogoli. The re3apture Of
Kadish was marked by some heavy
q .,aL nj 1a,.-
lean casualties were light. This viii
lage, about midway between the
Vologda railway and the Dvina river
was strongly defended and the boil
sheviki there used the block houses
built by the Americans and British
in November prior to being driven
out by large forces Of bolsheviki.
Beginning Monday morning with
an artillery attack the Americans ad-
vanced across the frozen Emtsa
river where their positions have for
more than a month been located in
icy dugouts on the bank of the
stream bordering the destroyed
bridge at the crossing OF
the Petrograd road. They crossed tho
stream and cleared the bolsheviki
trenches and machine gun emplace-
ments on the opposite banks. =.
The Americans then pushed for
ward two miles to the village. fight
ing their way under the protection
of Canadian artillery which was able
to place shells almost at will in ka-
dish.
The fur-clad American flanking
party in the frozen swamps border
ing on the road contributed mater
tally to the American success.
The recapture of Kadish gives the
American troops a good winter posi-
tion in the block houses. Since their
retirement from the town early in
November the troops on this sector
have had virtually no shelter. the
front line being unable to build fires
for fear of the artillery and snipers
on the opposite bank of the narrow
Emtsa river.
Preparations For Attack.
Preparations for yesterdays attack
on Kadish was carried out under
met with nowhere except
in a semi artic wilderness. A battery
of heavy howitzers had to be brought
on sleighs so miles on rough trail
through the wilderness.
The Omega column in reaching
Gogli APPARENTLY obtained fully the
objective of its winter push south
ward.
Today the Americans, Russians
and Poles on this sector are cont1nlng |
their efforts to strengthening their |
positions.
Italians Massng.
Copenhagen, Jan. Large forces
of Italian troops are concentrated
near Innsbruck, Austria, and ac-
cording to reports from Berlin 1t is
the concentration is dl-
rected against Munich. The Berlin !
reports say that if bolshevism breaks !
out in south Germany the Italian
troops will occupy that region.
Revolts Throughout Russia
Zurich, Jan. 1.-(Havas.) peasant |
revolts continue throughout Russia, |
according to the Lokal Anzeiger OF
Berlin.
Reports reaching Paris Tuesday |
were that the Lenine government was
greatly alarmed over the attitude of |
the peasants. 1t was said that the |
had had difficulties in sup
pressing a peasant revolt in the re-
gion of Moscow early in December.
Strikes Continue.
Basel, Jan. 1.-(Havas.) )-Strikes !
continue in upper Silesia, Germany, !
according to reports reaching here. |
At Lepine, soldiers fired on crowd |
and several persons were killed or
French Hold Stamboul.
London, Jan. IA battalion of |
French troops has been detailed to !
occupy the Stamboul district of Con- |
stantinople, while British battalion |
will occupy Pera, the European quar-
ter. Italian forces will occupy an !
other district of the city.
Bolsheviki Advancing.
London, Jan. 1.-Bolshevik troops |
continue their advance westward in !
Esthonia and Livonia, and are
n -ching on Reval and Riga accord
ing to a Russian wireless report re-
ceived here today. Southeast of
Riga the bolsheviki have taken Ro-1
mershof, on the Dvina. The state
ment reads:
"On Monday. in the direction of
Reval our detachments had advanced .
as far as Loksha and Kolk after two
days fighting. In the direction OF /
Riga we have taken Raimotzki, If
teen versts from Venden northeast
Of Riga). On the right bank of the
Dvina we have taken Romershof. On
the Sventsiany- Ponevesh railway we
have taken Utsiny midway between
Dvinsk and Vilna)."