Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
REDS POUND POLISH
ARMIES IN ATTEMPT
CAPTURE WARSAW
Hordes in Battle 20 Take Cspital
Before End Of Armistice
Conference.
TO COMPLETE DEFEAT
ERE HOSTTLrTTES HALT
BE- As.eela,.a 80. D - E7,nLns

BY AgsNciAtef Press - kFfrF FFfNihf
Eordou. Aug 2 Ths Ruw.aBu ~.
cupicd Brtrt-iitoysk. August J.. %
announced in Monday official stotrmrn'
from MOscpw received io'lay IWrhr-
progress ~ the Soviet trOota toward
Warsaw or tho rphd irrrn bialyet0k
reported
Meanwhile 20 various distances - ttf
north. northeast and east ~ the tir'ula.
IN a great aeulcirclo 'hr work ~ building
trenches and erecting bafird wire drfrrFr7
a being carried m with great haste
" il estimated that already afert l1l
American women md children havr .o'
Warssw moa' n them pro eedinn ~ Dar
zig Many women welfar Fprkr t0v
ever. arc s'ill attending ~ 'hrr ca"rr
ary dutIos
Warsaw. Aug Prer' ri'ovt ~
last great fortress guarding Waru'v '-r
the easf. apparently bee fallen hr'1rr
tremendous as7auf ~ The PIs-irn l}r
shevik NDr'h ~ that place -'r
forces have smashed fheir var .arT1r1
their drive westward ~ point 1r'r N
miles eas' ~ that cftv.
Ovrr front ~ 20 miles Polish a~7'~r
are bring pounded ~ pp,ree tefrrr
r'Ish ~ Bolshrvk h,rdrs h'irlrd M taff'
IN 4 desperate st'emr' % captive Ww
saw before thr c0nrlrri0n II 'hr 1rrn'rf'-''
conference at kphrvr Rrfnf0r~rrnrrf7
arr cvrrvwhcrc hrirg rVrrird % ihr 'rrr'
Nv tho Busainng ~ oOrnViffr fnc drfe7f Z.
tho Poles before h0g'ilri~ arr hnl'rd
an Official statement -surd Iafe s'
night showed the Soviet srrnirs had r-7rt
pd 2 line running from ltrTsak fl .r
chanowirH which = rnlv ~ mi'es '.n
this ritv. with whirh it is tnnnertad hw hp
excellent automobile hghv-av
Great na-zes ~ Bolshsviki have ior-
flung against he Polish llrpastv7~ks .r-
Tending lhe part IF Bresi lFtovsk rir' II.
the river Bug. Fugitive p'ho srrivrf hrT
last night from that civ reportWi
Soviet forces we're in e0ufrnl ~ ~ rnsi
ern half ~ the town II is 0Hrallt 4H-
mitted the Russians have Reached NIiein-
ika. northeast of Brest-i t-i.iovsk
Fsr 10 the southeast Irar Hradr r
Bolsheviki have rushed reinforcement
into the line and II 4 eC,ecfer b terrif
attack viii be launched there tr oapfurr
Ienherg before an armiE,ice Is dsriared
On the northern sert0r -0viFf fruura
have advanced and hate ranrhod he
reglOn ~ Ostrnleusk which u 1ut dh miles
from Warsaw Cavalry rrEimruts furfn
the extreme frp ~ the rixht wing ui tlo
advancing Rolshrvik line and here 'un
fresh forces are beng hrrughf . WA
parently u x planned to rarry fhn drr"
much nearer this ssify before WeTirasdar
rhe earliest date set ~ the SOVIET nler
ipotentiaries for reaching derFl0n rrin-
tive n an armlstice with Poland.
Pans. Aug latest udvices rror,vra
by the French foreign ofhce confirm OK
ports that the Russians have captured ine
defsnses ~ Bresf-lAt0vsk hut state nat
the CITY Itseif whIch more than three
miles distant mas not SET teen taSen- Iha
defensive works were clItured MONDAY
The first Polish army defending War
saw 4 rctreatinR. notabv " hetweeu fln
Bug and NareN rivers, lnd me dir'n n
Polish army defending Bfest-Litovsk dis-
trIct also Is Tetroatng.
W. ItIsserand. french ambassad0r
the nlted states VINO nesldcd me rene
mission 70 Warsaw stll remains nel
Polish capital