Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-18
NEN HOPE FOR WARSAW AS.
 SOVIET FORCES RETREAT
o' fensve is in Full Swing at Various Points.
 aons the Northern Front the Poles Have Pushed the russians Beyond the Wyra River-French Are Talnaa SFoSanent Fart in the Guidance of the Polish Ar,v

! ,7-,,o II' saw Aug. 17.-(By The A PA-
 of t'e VT r'usslan Soviet hold upon tba estes t WdrsaW has been broken. accoTdsn . to "la.ed officers here The Polish coIIr-
 o+ 71.llelslVe is declared to be in full sway
 f3linl. i4us I points with the Soviet forces
 -"15inS pack in confusion.
 FFessure upon Warsaw has hes,, ra. ] laerea' according to the official Polis,
 i,i1ilanlque, said ti just issued. The statement
 @ -u that Gen, PiIsudski directed tba
 -stroke that effected this relief :
 bad sta cement says the, boIsheviki. wbo
 aes p5a1ned to cross the Vistula so,,th.
 rsi ia1,3;.o oi Warsaw in tsa region of Macie.
 tan NontttEl-ilve > les .fr1% the capi.
 'aJ, 5I; Were forced back. apr
 in Iro tsHt or the Fourth Polish army,
 lr lti pleaklns the Soviet resistance st
 t1och {thirty-fve miles south of SfadicaS
 oooA -V9 Hussians. prisoner and canturef1 o4tg cannon and fourteen machine o7Ins
 ra1 coinmunique, announces that the oles III following up their co1inter-of- le.lsIEe 10 relieve the pressure of War rom4,,-e -,a Fe advanced along the entire p5i1Iir I5oi al![I front They have pushed the aruss1Shs beyond the Wyra river and re- tsoat:u ss@i1ieu Clechanow, the Soviet forces re- tt,ore tc[.e-l1s While Polish aviators fired on 'neIn 5,. With machine guns.
 flghtmg continues in tha rooior oe hadzymin to the northeast of Wsrss, w W the statement says. VI
 1en' Weygand Directing.
 warsaw, Aug. s5.-Taera 1oro sllS I,,e at the front today that inc Frane,' tba .:llg Sahlng 8 more prominent mart in w sulqance of the Polish arn,1, con III oes sahu IS said to be the general rn o,,e,l,oD rY.lelole TOT the new tactics now haino e'iliI!oyed lIu 10 repell the invaders -''e If ! implements of war undraor,o5 da Ill the days of Kosoluszke and e,ti,e1 o+to. int. afa ol warsaw, were being brouebt Poiand 'S toaay against the invaders a, sa iIi,1a iiolh the east. Airplanes wara Soviet fay a~dy on bombing raids upon the vice ; -o1 ceS' tanks which had seen ser III rance and cannon which ritl, ehe shot could shatter some of WI Waul, ~lsn 15o years. slooo more than ~, 1ittre .,. were also speedy arnorad boo+s G,,,2, S,le 1stuIa, armed with machine e7,,S p'elLleIlls of these types are not here ,, o+{5a 5ss EuFnpers, but there are some vii, ,,,or lype5 m addition, many of which were supplied by the allies. accor7i,-r 1--t,l .a -eefnent. During the day tanks n,..,o uo ,Iia4.s osh the streets, heartening the nonS i,,st .-tion e At intervals too fresh infantry '@3' ITO mtne training quarters.
 oe III LIE afternoon detachment 2 ,o s45 f5 v sttlred lancers of the kind which tl3ro,lsst l,s.,ioos m Polish history passed tHFough to the front, singing r,o.. were mounted on horses. some of ,,-,liei, IHes ' lev weeks ago We're dragging carrie aas apoat the streets of the city tha Tsnoers were going to defend. r-i9 ifiicefS
 treat numbers of Russian Soviet nris- 'ners reached Warsaw this affarnnon solae CT whom had been in battle fhis .iloi @ lllle. They came in groups of twen- " or thirty and sometimes in droves of !ul.lreos, 4aI.l attracting crowds of the cap- na ies-Gghts out for Sunday after -loon SttoH. The prisoners were un- -oll5ea l m dull ash-colored jumpers and bearing resemblance to Ia ahor- ITS emerging from a steel mill.
 me sound of cannon was plainly audi- 1 'le III the distance. but it was distinct 1 y that of held artillery. Spiteful exnIo- l sons of " shells Were frequent. but inc ] 1eaKy booming of .210's, .3S0's and ~ was absolutely lacking, giving the impression of a miniature war as com 3eai s'i "I1h the heavy cannonading on the trench front in 1918. '''e
 Owing to the scatcity of fra,eb+ oor- host Of which are being used hv tba government in moving records of tba va 4cus bureaus and other vaIuabIes. many 'ersons are moving their effects to +be uoufbs Tn droskies, the principal vehi-l ;les of Warsaw
 The fire department has been called in- Q service to aid in caring for the wonnd- d hose wagons and other 'apparatns aeetlng ambulances at Praga, across inc Tistula. 'N- 'a' tie At the foreign office it was said tbis fternoon that nothing had been heard rom rom Minsk in reply othe wireless note i Prince Sapieha, the foreign minister Il consequence of the Soviet message aylng that newspaper correspondents berty'' many of the American, Engliso |, reneh, Italian and Spanish corresnond'