Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-08-26
POLE ARMY TAKES
RED STRONGHOLD
Brest-Litovsk Fortress Captured,
Says Report to Washington.
WRANGEL CHECKS THE REDS
Advance Of the BoIsheviki in the ri.
rection of Southern Russia Halted
-Soviets Driven Back Across
the Dneiper River.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Brest-Litovsk
according to advices received by the
state department from the American
commissioner at Berlin. His dispatch
was based on a report received by him
from Posen.
The army Of General Wrangel has
checked the advance of the bolsheviki
in the direction of southern Russia
and has driven them back across the
lower portion of the Dnieper river, &C
cording to official advices received by
the state department.
Successes Continue.
Paris, Aug 21.-The military sue
cesses of the Poles continue, accord
ing to a report to the foreign office
from the military mission in Warsaw,
under plans elaborated by the French
general, Weygand, and his staff Of
more than 900 officers.
Cooperate Satisfactorily.
1t is considered that French and
Polish cooperation in the commands
of the various forces now has reached
a satisfactory stage. J. ]. Jusserand
and Lord D'Abernon. respectively the
heads of the French and British mis-
sions to Poland, have returned to
Warsaw from POsen Cor a conference
with General Weygand and the Polish
staff.
The situation at DanZfg is still
causing worry, but 1t is expected to be
cleared up when two French battle
ships, now on their way there, arrive
and offer Sir Reginald T. Tower, the
allied high commissioner at Danzig,
sufficient forces to permit the unload
ing of Polish munitions.
Pole Forces Push Forward.
Polish forces are advancing with
undiminished speed along the line run
ming from north of Warsaw to WdO-
dawa, about 10 miles southeast of
Warsaw
Principal interest, however, attaches
to the maneuvers of General Pilsud-
skis forces. Massed reserves, which
he had concentrated at Ivangorod,
southeast of the capital, have adj
vanced 60 miles in three days and eff
fected a junction with, another army
operating from Cholm. United, these
armies were within 10 miles of the
strongly fortified Brest-Litovsk, 120
miles east of Warsaw, Wednesday,
and have now probably reoccupied that
important center of communications,
which the reds late Wednesday were
reported to be hurriedly evacuating.
Polish Nation Own Savior.
The success of the Poles in throw
ing back the bolsheviki in the battle
of Warsaw was "a Polish victory" the
French general, Weygand, told dele
cations at Warsaw who had come to
tell him that he was the most popular
man in Poland, and was \prOclaimed
hv all as "the savior Of Warsaw"
Advices received here from the Pol
ish capital quote General Weygand, in
his response to the delegations, as fol-
lows:
Preparatory military operations
were executed by the Polish generals,
according to the Polish plan. My role,
as we'll as that of the other French
officers was limited to filing certain
gaps in the details of execution. 1t is
the Polish nation that has been it's
own savior.
',This magnificent victory CONSOLE
dates the Polish state, whose exist
ence is indispensable to Frances ex-
istencc. Germany, who had hoped to
resume direct relations with the So
viets and to throw red armies against
the enemy across the Rhine, must re-
nounce for the moment such means of
annulling the Versailles treaty.
"Tf the Polish leaders know how to
profit by victory, am convinced that
the bo!stevik army will soon cease to
exist"