New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-17
French Tanks Aid Poles
Poles Gain Along Bug

WARSAW, Aug. Is (By The Asso-
ciated Press .-Uninterrupted fighting
is going on in the valley of the Bug,
from its source to its confluence with
the Narew River. The great battle,
which has just begun along the river,
has been marked by appreciate ad-
vantages for the Poles. They have in
f'cted heavy losses on the enemy and
won back important positions.
In Gaicia, the Poles, without pres
sure from the Bolsheviki, have with
drawn somewhat.
The forces defending Warsaw are
now grouped as follows: The left
wing, resting on the Fort of Modin
(Novo Georgievsk) holds the line of
the lower Narew and Bug; tbs center.
protected behind by the outer forts Of
Warsaw, occupies positions situated at
distances varying from eighteen to
thirty miles from the capital; the right
wing commands the valley of the upper
Bug. Both on the right and the left
wing it is the Poles who have taken
the initiative in the operations.
The Bolshevik forces, which had
crossed the Bug between Hrubieszow
and Wyodawa, have been thrown back
on the right bank On the left wing.
the Poles, starting from Modlin, have
made a successful attack in the di-
roction of Mlawa Thanks to this
operation, the positions the Poles oc-
cupy in the fork between the Narew
and Bug rivers, which constitute the
key defenses Of Warsaw, are now bet
ter protected from a flank attack
threatened by the Bolshevik forces on
the northwest.
In the center, on the lower Bug, all
attacks delivered by the enemy to
enable him to approach nearer the
Warsaw forts were repulsed with heavy
losses.
Red cavalry continues to demonstrate
along the old Polish-Prussian frontier
without opposition from the Poles.
This operation is not connected with
the battle along the Bug, and cannot
in any way influence the issue there,
even should the Bolsheviki throw in
stronger forces. 1t is considered that
the Polish troops occupying Thorn and
Graudenz and distributed along the
Vlstula are ample to protect the Danzig
communications from any danger.
Poles Retake Radzymin
Fighting at various points is reported
II sunday nights official communiqu.
Radzymin, to the northeast of the capl
tai, was again in Polish hands after
an all-day fight. The Russians at
tackled on both sides of Radzymin, at
Zegrezi and at Okuniew, less than ff-
teen miles due east of Warsaw.
The communique reports successes
for the Poles in the region Of Cnom
and Hrubieszow. to the east ard south
east of Lublin, where the Poles took
more than a hundred prisoners, III
Guiding the Russian Chief of Staff, and
much war materiel In the south. the
Soviet forces took Soka1. Further
southwest the Poles evacuated Brody
which previously had CHANGED ~ s
several times during the efforts Of the
Soviet troops to advance on L-.noer,
600 Prisoners Taken by Poles
In the region of Sochotsin. the com
munique said. the Poles took 500 pris-
oners and captured 100 truckloads OF
munitions and 80 truckloads of pro.
visions. The communique comments or
/ the GLORIOUS conduct of our cavalry
composed almost exclusively of volun.
/ teers."
Soviet cavalry is working westward
along the Prussian frontier and is re-
ported at various points northwest oil
( Warsaw These horsemen are a source
of constant annoyance, many detach-
ments following the tactics adopted b,
General Budenny on the southern Pc
lish front in raiding districts, endeav
oring to drive in behind the Polish
lines and spreading CONSERVATION
among the peasants. Estimates of tn,
number of these raiders vary, but it !;
reported there are several thousand o,
them, some of whom were infantrymen