New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
Reds Line Up in
Last Stand to
Hold Petrograd
Strong Resistance Compels
Yudenitch to Halt His
Advance s Miles From
City to Await Big Guns
Force in Rear Dispersed
Soviet Leader Flees to
Moscow, Taking Money
and Documents With Him

HELSINGFORs, Finland, Oct 21.--
General Yudenitch has encountered
strong Bolshevik resistance beyond
Pulkovo, about seven miles south of
Petrograd. He therefore has halted
his advance to concentrate his forces
while awaiting reinforcements and
heavy artillery. One hundred guns
reached his army to-day.
Russian newspapers arriving here re-
port a state of rebellion in and around
Petrograd and the discovery of q
counter revolutionary movement in the
Boshevik front lines.
The Bolshevik forces concentrated at
Gdoff, on Lake Peipus, which consti-
tuted a most serious threat to the
rear of General Yudenitch, have becn
dispersed. This removes the menace of
an advance against the communica-
tions OF the anti Bolshevik forces now
before Petrograd.
LONDON. Oct. 81 (By The Associ-
ated Press s).-Fnrces Of the Russian
Soiet government are being slowly
driven back to their last defences in
front of Petrograd. General Yudeuit-
cen has captured Pulkova, about seven
miles south of the city. and Ligova, less
than eight miles to the southwest, &C.
cording to unofficial reports.
Commissary Flees to Moscow
Commissary Zinovieff the chief Boil
shevik government representative in
city. taking with him all men able to
bear arms, according to reports to the
German press. The official documents
and cash, it is declared, have been taken
to Moscow.
Soviet forces seem still to be hold
ing the coastal region west of Petro-
grad, Helsingfors dispatch telling Of
a duel between an anti Bolshevik fleet
and the fort at Krasnasia Gorka. A
great fire, accompanied by an explosion,
was observed after the battle, but it
is said it may have been at Oranien-
baum, village about twelve miles
east of krasnaia Gorka.
According to a wireless communica-
tion from Bolshevik sources. lighting
IS in progress six miles to the north
of krasnaie Selo, where the Reds
are advancing. There is fierce fignt-
ing also along the Windau Railroad,
the dis2atch adds:
Reds Held Cronstadt Sunday
TIE fortress of Cronstadt was still
IN the hands Of the Bolsheviki Sun
day, according to a dispatch to "The
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from which place the red flag was
then visible at the masthead Of the
battieship Petropavlovsk, which is re.
ported to have been raised since she
was torpedoed by the British in Au.
gust and is now lying iii the Cron
st2d1 'harbor.
Cronstadt has not been attacked ant
will not be by the naval forces now il
the Baltic, and if the Bolsheviki evacu
ate the fortress before Petrograd fall
1T will be great surprise, according
to All Admiralty statement to The AS
sociated Press.
Surrender to British Expected
The Admiralty. however, expect
Cronstadt will surrender soon atte
Petrograd is captured. probably to tn
British fleet in those waters.
At present the British feet of ligh
cruisers is keeping at respectful dis
tance from the heavy batteries o
Cronstadt, unwilling to get With
range until confident that the Bol
sheviki mean to surrender.