Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
OCCUPY
K|Ev, IS REPORTED
Fierce Fighting on Saturday
Is the News Reaching
London Today.

WARSAW. May , (by the Asso-
c1ntcd PressD-POIish forces oecu-
pied Kics yesterday. according to
extra editions of the new.pnner.
here today.
Gen. PiIsudski. president Of the
/ Polish state, led the troops into
the city. the newspapers say.
Violent Fighting. London Hears.
LONDON. May 3.-Violent fighting in
/. the vicinity of kiev is reported in an
official statement issued by the soviet
government at Moscow Sunday and
received here today. The bolsheyiki
claim some successes for their arms in
the Black sea region. The statement
says:
In the kiev region our troops are
tercely engaged west of. the River
lrpen and at Fastoff thirty miles
southwest of Kew. Our fotilla on
the River Pripiaty has captured an
Ienemy steamer.
In the Podolsk region there is no
change. In the Rezhitsa district
government of Vitebsk). north Of
Rezenovskaia station. the enemy
drove back our troops but our former
POSITION was restored by counter at
tack
"On the Black sea coast our troons
captured Stotchy after severe fight
ing anG the enemy is retreatfny in
disorder on Adler. We captured two
armored trains and large military
booty"
a second soviet official dispatch
! from MOSCOW, dated yesterday. saws:
On the Crimean sector our armored
cars broke into the town of Pereko.
/ infiicting severe losses on the en-
envy"
stubborn Clash, Says Wnrsaw.
WARSAW. May 2 (by the Associated
lPresS).-Stubborn fighting is going
on IN the open country along the Tel
row river in the vicinity Of MaIin.
Chinese mercenaries are being used
by the bolsheviki to stem the eastern
sweep of Polish and Ukrainian forces.
said Saturdays official communiaue.
\ number of Chinese have been cap
tured. 1t was announced. Material
taken by the Poles include 100 loco
motives. three armored trains, sew
eral tanks and one entire air
squadron.
WinEica and Zhmerinka. approxi-
mately ffty-tWo miles southwest of
klev, have been retaken by the Poles
! and Gkrainians after three days of
! fighting. The reds have been pushed
across the Bug river.
/, The fighting is particularly severe
+, southwest of kiev and in the Bug
river region" the communiuue saws.
a series of rivers northwest OF Kiev
! is hinderinS the advancing forces, and
the infantry and artillery are having
difficulty in keeping up with the cav
airy.
In fighting just east of Bendzczow
ten uhians in night raid captured
1iO bolsheviki and then took Bialopol.
Prince Stanislas Radziwill, personal
adjutant TO Gen. Pilsudski, was killed
by shell from an armored train
during red counter attack. which
| was designed to take Malin from
Capt. RadZiwill
The Poles. in a fianking maneuver
from the north. captured Kalodmws-
ka, With 5000 prisoners. and also took
two armored trains and ten cannon at
| kalingwska. fifty kilometers south of
Berdichev. Beyond Winnica we can
tured 5000 prisoners. fourteen can
non. one armored train. two sanitary
trains and many armored automobiles.
Poles Advance to Evict.
| The Polish advance into the
Ukraine along a front Of $50 miles be-
gan early last week for the announced
purpose Of expelling the foreign
Invaders" or Russian bolsheviki. The
Ukraine. as an Independent republic.