Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-17
WARSAW STILL HELD
BY DEFENDERS, LATE
DISPATCHES STATE
Reports Of Fall Of Polish Capital
Not Confirmed, and Fighting
Continues.
CITY BELIEVED TO
BE DOOMED, HOWEVER
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ny Associated Press N Every Evening
Warsaw, Aug IA q. m.J Tho
Russian pressure upon Warsaw has boon
relieved, according 70 tho official Polish
c0mmuniquc just issued Tho statement
reported that General pilsudski directed
the countcrstrcke that Effected this relief
The statement says the B0lshewki.
who had planned ~ cross the NIstula
southeast ~ Warsaw IN the region ~
Macieiowice, IS miles from The capitol.
wereoforced bark.
The right wing of the fourth Polish
army, ~ breaking the Soviet resistance ~
kOck, ~ mIlfs south a Sicdlcr took 200
Russians prisoners and captured sCrne
cannon and l4 machine guns
The cOrnnuuique announces that the
Poles IN following mp their counter IT.
fensive 70 relieve the pressure on Warsaw
have advanced alorg the entire rorfhcru
front They have pushed the Russians
beyond the Wyra River and regai, I'd
CiechaDow. the Soviet forces retreati1g
while Polish aviators fired on them with
machine guns
Fighting continues ~ The region ~
Radzymin, to the northeast Of Warsaw,
the statement ssvs
Warsaw, Aug Is. rs p. n. The
been broken according 70 allied officers
here
Tho Polish counter offensive - declared
to be in full sway ~ various points with
the Soviet forces falling hack in confusion.
Warsaw. Aug. lG.--There were renewed
Indications af the front today that the
french were taking q more prominent part
IN the guidance a the Polish army.
General Weygand Is said 70 be the general
responsible for the new tactics now being
employed 10 repcl the invaders
London. Aug. l7.-Warsaw still Is held
by the Poles, 20 far az dispatches received
hero disclose. The latest soviet com
munique does not claim that the cItv II
captured. while the Polish official state
ment yesterday represented the defenders
as making successful resistance.
Reports of the citys fall, announced
staff AZ Fflna. ~rnere the news was cele-
brated, aece riding TO a kovno dispatch
10 the London Times. by great demon
stration, are virtually discredited by the
Times. Other dispatches dated Sunday
agree that Warsaw was then held by the
Poles, who were fighting so successfully
that the menace to the city wss decreas-
ing.
Russian attacks, however, were beng
constantly renewed. The struggle vas
especially fierce in and around Radzy-
min, which had changed hands five times
and at last reports WIS held by the Poles.
The influence of French assistance in
directing the defense Is mentioned n
some reports. In some quarters. however,
the fall Of Warsaw Is declared 70 be only
a matter OF hours. The transfer Of govern
ment offices TO Posen began on Sunday
In the meantime the Russian armies
are rapidly progressing through enc Polish
corridor and are said 70 be within fifty
miles of DanzIg Nothing is known Of the
peace negotiations at Minsk beyond the
statement made by Earl Curzon, secre-
tary Of state for foreign affairs, In the
House OF Commons Yesterday. that peace
conversations were proceeding.
Thousands OF citizens Of Posen have
joined N a great demonstration, beggIng
the entente nations TO save Poland, says a
dispatch 10 the Times. This message.
dated today, makes no reference 70 the
establishment OF a new Polish govern
ment in Posen, rlImors Of which have been
current here during the last couple II
days.
The Soviet forces are centeriug their
attack upon Warsaw IN the region north
east Of Novogeorgievsa, the powerful
Polish fortress on the Vistula 70 the north
west of the capital, II is indicated BY Mon-
day 5 official statement from Moscow, re-
ceived today
The communique reflects the recent
Polish withdrawal on the southern front
and announces the occupation by the Rus
slams of Brody and Sokal, northeast OF
Lemberg.
The statement neads.
Northeast Of Novogeorgievsk aud
Warsaw fierce fighting continues, in which
we flung back the enemy with a bayonet
attack and occupied number Of villages
west of the River Vxra
In eastern Galicia, after fierce fightIng
on August IL We occupied Sokal and
Brody. In the region Of Tarnapol our
advance Is developing.
Paris. Aug. I7-SeveraI successful
the Poles against the Bolshevik armies
which are hammering at the gates Of
Warsaw. In the neighborhood of Cholm,
on the southern sector OF the Warsaw
front, Soviet forces which had crossed the
Bug River have been hurled back across
that stream, while in the, region of Mod
lin, northwest OF Warsaw the Poles have
begun a counter offensive, directing their
attack in the direction of Mlswa
Military critics here said that the sItua-
ton was better than it had been for some
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