The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-24
Polish Troops Under General
Weygand Have Driven Rus
slams Into Trap On Marew.
FIGHTING IS SEVER E
Polish Peace Delegation Declines
to Accept Terms Laid Down
BY Red ENJOYS.
tsy Associated Press.)

Warsaw, Aug. 23.--Russian Bolshe-
Vik forces are retreating virtually
along the whole line in an effort to
save the remnants of the red army,
but SO far they have been easily de-
Eeated by the Poles.
On the north there has been very
heavy fighting in the region of Mlawa
and Soldu, where the Bolshevikt are
making a desperate effort to extricate
their advance guard. Red losses IN
this region have been 1900 in the
past two days.
The attempt of the Reds to cross
the Narew river have completely
failed. The only remaining hope of the
Bolsheviki Is to open a passage in the
direction of Ostrolenko and Lomza SO
as to get through to Bialystock and
Eorodno.
A battle now beginning on the middle
Narew is likely to decide the fate OF
all the Red forces between the Narew
and the Prussian frontier. 1t is ex-
pected the daring plan of the Bolshe-
Wiki against Lemberg win be definitely
frustrated in the near future.
The process of bottling up the Rus
sian soviet forces on the northern
front beween Prussia and the Vistula
river has been completed, according to
an official statement. The Poles have
closed the gateway of escape, taking
prisoners and materials in such guam
titles that 1t is impossible to count
them. One Polish infantry division
alone took 5000 prisoners and sixteen
guns.
The soviet forces which have been
AI-.1 a,ssf ~
south have commenced to retreat un-
der pressure due, the statement says,
TO the continued Polish advance along
the entire central and northern fronts.
AT one time General Budenny, the
soviet cavalry leader, was within nine
miles of Lemberg, but has been thrown
lack in a southwesterly direction. All
the Russiaas in this region are in
fill retreat
Twenty cannon were taken
during the advance on the Central
front under the persona loommand IF
President Pilsudski the Poles occupy
ing Zambroy and Masowizecsx. south
east of Lomzas and crossing the line
of the Narew south of Bialystock, 12o
miles northeast of Warsaw. The Rus
sian retreat continues in the general
direction OF Grodno and eastward.
The Polish forces have been re-
grouped into two armies for pursuit
of the Russians, the northern army un-
der General Haller and the center
army under General Piludski
Paris, Aug 23-The French foreign
office announced today that General
Weygand is now chief of the Polish
staff. with full power, and that most
Of the 1000 French officers in Poland
are actually participating in the
fighting.
The Polish peace delegates at Minsk
have reported that the soviet repre-
sentatives are increasing in severity
the published peace terms, demanding
that now 100000 Polish workmen be
given the arms the Bolshevik hope the
Polls harmy will lay down.
Copenhagen. Aug 23.--The Poles
ehave recaptured Bialystock, after des-
perate resistance by the Bolsheviki,
says a Warsaw dispatch to the Ber-
hngsketidende.
I Moscow, Aug. 23.-A government
conference of the communist party
here has decided on raising additional
volunteer troops for the Red army
made necessary in view of the changed
military situation