New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Capture of All
.Trotzky'sStaff
Is Reported
Bolshevik Minister Is Said
to Have Escaped III His
Automobile under. Fire
of North Russian Army
Reds Using Dreadnought
Warship Bombards :.Yude.
nitch's Flank From River
Inside Pefrograd Limits

iiSluc TclfOgfau Limits
COPENHAGEN, Oct 25--The entire
staff of Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik Min
lister of War and Marine of Russia,
has been captured at Tsarskoe- -Se1o, 4
according to a Reval dispatch to the
National Tdende" Trotzky himself
escaped by clinging TO railroad car
and later fleeing from the scene in an
automobile Troops Of the Northwest
ern Russian army pursued, the min
ister and fired upon. his ,rcar rbut /
Trotzky succeeded in reaching Petro-
grad. ........,,..,..
The left flank OF General. 'Yude
nitchs army is reported tpi.be under
fire from the Bolshevik <dreadnought
poltava, which is lying in the'YNev
River, inside the limits of Petro-
grad, and shooting over the house
tops. =.
Trotzky Admits Peril Continues
LONDON, Oct 25.-Leon Trotzky, the
Bolshevlk Minister of War and Marine
of Russia. in describing the Soviet
counter offensive and capture of Paw
Iovsk, south of Petrograd. and the re-
pulse OF anti -Boishavik forces in ;the
Pskov sector, says: =,
The danger hanging over Petro-
grad has been driven back but not
yet definitely removed" according to
wirelessed dispatch received here
from Moscow. {, .
Rallying under the command of
TrotzAy, troops Of the Soviet govern
nlent have savagely attacked the lines
Of the Russian Northwestern army
and have succesded in parrying, for
the moment at least, the thrust of
the latter against Petrograd accord
ing to reports reaching this city.
Petrograd have been recaptured from
the forces OF General Yudenitch, it
is claimed, and the advance of the
Bolsheviki continues
On the other hand. a dispatch from
Stockholm states that advices show
anti i-Bolshevist TROOPS have outfanked
Tsarskoe- Selo. e
Trotzky Issues Proclamation
A Moscow wireless message contains
a. proc lamation by Trotzky on the sub
ject of Englands participation In the
KILL ti-DOiNutNlh OpcIullONS. Is
addressed to the "Red Warriors" and
says IN part, ssN'; T.
On all fronts you are meeting with
The hostile schemes of England. On
every front yod4 find British g,ins and
material and troops dressed in English
clothing. Women and children in
.Archangel and Astrakhan are being
killed and mNtiat by English tliegs..
English ships are bombarding& 444f3d
coasts. English gold is sowing corrup-
ton. 's:st. - 3ssf Isl
Soldiers, commissioners, sailors.
More than once your hearts have over
flowed with hatred against the preda i
tory, deceptive, bloody, false faced
English. But neeel. forget there are
Two Englands. Besides the England of
iucre, violence, corruption and blood
thrstiness there exists an England of
mental power. noble ideals, Of inter-
national solidarity, The base dishon-
est England of the stock exchange is
against us; England's toiling masses
are with us.
I'VE firmly believe chat England will
rise before long and put a straitjacket
on the criminals who are directing the
plots against the toillng masses of Rus
sia.'
Heavy fighting is going on along
General Denikine's entire front. The
fighting extends for 700 miles from
IsarltZEn to kiev.' The chief OF the
British military mission with General
Denlkine reports under yesterdays date
the battle so far is going successfully
for the anti olshevik forces.
Desperate Red Stand Futile
1T appears says a report to the
War Once, that the Red armies, in q
vehement attempt to restore the morale
of the retreating troops, were, concen-
trated on narrow fronts against I'M
portant cities and functions. They
scored successes in the capture OF
Noronezn and Orel, but the occupation
OF these two places failed altogether
70 stem the general progress OF
Denikine
Between Tsaritzyn and Voronezn
the Don army has advanced romforty
To ffty-fve miles on a front of 12C
miles during the past few days, taking
many prisoners and material.
''Yeletz 230 miles southeast of Mos
COW. was captured Thursday. Volun-
teers, attacking Orel, have roae he'd
the southern outskirts of the town
where fighting is going on at the
present time.
Further west volunteers are con
ccntrating Tor an attack" ..s...