The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-24
TWO ARMIES in
DRAMATIC RACE.
Polish and Russian Forces of
$1,000 PIunging East
at Top Speed.
REDS FLEE PURSUERS

Warsaw, Aug. "A = London. Aur
@4'-Ihe Polish az are now on tn
oiienslve along y tire battlefron
from the East & ian frontier {
central Galiciaf lrther advance
nave been MAD the Poles every
Where except = Salicia. where tn
reus nave beg Y king desperate ef
iorts 10 captY mberg, But, Will
sne oles ny ot made any appre
o,aoie SANS e Galician front, tn
attempted fee4 ounter offensive ha
peen brought to a standstin. If III,
roles are able to close the gan be
tween Grodno and the East Prussia,
frontier, the destruction or capture q
the whole Russian force on the north.
ern front is assured. The strupole !,
tnat district has resolved itself into ;
gigantic and dramatic race of the tw,
armies of $4,000 men. Both are plunp.
ing eastward at top speed through
treacherous, swampy ground. N,
russians trying to escape through m,
bottle neck" and the Poles trving ~
close the opening.
RED ARMY SURROUNDED.
London, Aug. "a (t:3o p.m)-u
~ 81 The Whole Russian army on
me northern battle front In Po.
h' ,hano' estimated at 65 900 men, has
oeen surrounded by the poies ar
coTdlng to an announcement todsv
py the British war office. based upon
ouIolal telegrams from Warsaw.
VI twen'y-one divisions enplovedF
oy tne Russians In their Campaign
aSa'nst Warsaw, six have been
.ompIetey destroyed, eight lost so
per cent. Of their effectIves and the
r"malning seven were shattered.
Inc Polish army operating from the
norm and Gen, Halers army using Ma :
kot as its base after forced march
lo.ilsd ". Junction near Soldau, cutting
DIl the escape of the Russians ON the
nm ll9rthern front. according to the war
Gen. Pilsudski's Polish army Is re.
ported to be less than days march
,ro," ostroleka, Lomza and 'Bialystok
thu is advancing without meeting any
assistance, Biaiystok was formerly Rus.
san field headquarters.
RePulse Savage Attacks.
Northeast of Lemberg the Poles re-
pulsed savage Russian thrusts. Forty
miles south of Lemberg the Russians
nave been brought to a standstill at
Stryz on the Stryz river. This is in
The heart of the rich Galician oil
fields.
Inc Russians between the Marew
'lver and the East Prusslan frontier.
northwest OF Warsaw are reported TO
De making sanguinary sacrifices in an
arort to escape the Polish encircling
movement Terrific battles are RAG.
hg northeast OF Mlava and east of
Soldeau.
violent fighting is raging in the
yicinity of Lomza go miles north of
Warsaw and Bielostok QGO miles
northeast Of Warsaw" said a soviet
var Office communique wirelessed
rom Moscow today.
10000 Russian Prisoners.
More than $4,000 Russian prisoners
ave been captured by the Poles. the
'oish general staff announced today.
IL these figures are correct, and the
lead and wounded are added, II means
nat three or four of the Russian
rmies that were attacking warsaw
AVE been wiped out completely.
The Polish counter offensive at the
'ates OF Warsaw which resulted i'm the
reat victory over the Reds began just
WCeh ago tomorrow.
five fresh bolshevist divisions which
we're being rushed from Siberia TO re-
nforce the reds on the Polish front are
eportod to have mutinled. refusing to
nter the battle.
The Polish general staff announced
hat a radiogram from Gen. Budennys
eadquarters had been intercented
tating that Budennys army could moi
dVance northward and was retiring
oward the east. This army is operat-
lg in Gallcia, around Demberg,
According to the Polish general STAFF,
II danger to Lemberg has been avertod
nd the reds hopes in the north Qn
oland) have been smashed.
Engaged In Heavy Fighting.
London, Aug, 24.-Russian bolshevik
'rces in the regions OF Lomza.. about
twenty-five miles northeast of War
iw and BialystolS, about sixty-fIve
'iles northwest of Brest -LitOvsk, are
lgaged in heavy fighting against ad-
incing Polish iegions, according to an |
hcial statement issued yesterday In |
oscow and received here today.
In the Brest -Litovsk region there is |
, change In the situation. the state-
ent says, while further south in the |
Of Vladfmir-V -Volhynsk, and |
ar Lemberg, the battle continues.
Russians Defeated.
Paris, Aug. 24.-The Fifteenth Rus
an army on the front In northern Po-
nd has been decisively defeated and
e Fourth Russian army and the Third
ussian cavalry corps have been sur
unded. the French foreign office was
hcially advised by Warsaw today.
Gen. Pisudskl's Polish army has
ossed the Narew river south Of BIaly-
ok
The Russian army In GalicIa has
'acuated striyz, forty miles south Nof
emberg.
Recapture Fortified City.
The Polish legation announced at s
clock this afternoon that the Poles
nd recaptured the fortified city OF |
stroleka. siXty-fivc miles aorth of !
'arsaw from the Russians.
Prsasnysz Captured.
The capture of Prsasnysz. 0iXty miles
nth OF Warsaw, and Mlawa, on the
,lish frontier. seventy-fiye miles
'rthwest Of the capital is reported
the Polish official statement. The
ilk Of the Fourth soviet army and
q entire Third cavalry corps have
zen surrounded nv tho Poles the