New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-22
Heavy Fighting Continues
North and Northeast of
Warsaw; Capital Now
Declared To Be Secure
Bolsheviki Ready
To Evacuate Soldau
People of Frontier City
in Panic as the Poles
Warn of Bombardment

PARIS, Aug. 21.-Six Bolshevik
divisions, consisting of from 10000
to 100000 men, are surrounded by
Polish forces between Sedlce and
Brest-Litovsk, according to press
dispatches received here to-day.
In the principal theater of opera
tons on the Polish front the Poles
are debouching from De1Sblin and
advancing in the direction of Brest-
Litovsk. They have reached the
valley of the Middle Bug. The pris-
oners taken by the Poles in the last
few days aggregate 10000. The
large amount of war materiel has
not been estimated. Many guns with
their carriages have been abandoned
in the forests.
The chief operations are now go
ing on in the fork of the Narew and
Bug rivers, from which the Boil
shevik troops, defeated before War
saw, are retiring hastily. The Pol
ish army advancing in the direction
of Ostralenka has as its objective
the cutting of communications be-
tween the Bolshevik center and
right. Thus it is between Ostra-
lenka and Lomsa, on the marshy land
bathed by the Narew, that the enemy
probably will make his last effort
before the fate of the Red army in
the north, the situation of which is
extremely grave, is decided.
Ancient Maneuver Revived
In imitation of the maneuver exc
cuted in 1881 by Nicholas I, the Bolshe-
wiki have withdrawn a strong section
of their forces to attack Thorn and
Wloclawek, cross the Vistula and cut
communications between Danzig and
Warsaw. These troops have encoun-
Posnania and Pomerania, which de-
bouched from Graudenz and Thorn.
Meanwhile, another army, under d.
rection of General Billotte, advancing
from Modlin. has attacked them from
the south. Finally third army, I'M
der General Hkorski, is defending the
Narew River, endeavoring to cut off
these troops from their single road Of
retreat in the north.
Scattered over nearly 100 miles along
the frontier of East Prussia, between
Strasbourg and Ostralenka, these Red
forces seem condemned to humiliation
unless they take refuge or Prusslan
territory.
In order to diminish the pressure in
the main theater of operations between
the Narew and the Bug, the Bolsheviki
have undertaken a demonstration on
the Galician front, attacking the Polish
and Ukrainian positions on the Stripa.
Their cavalry has crossed the upper
courses of the Bug and Cossack patrols
are appearing some leagues before
Lemberg.
Counter Offensive Too Late
This operation, however, is consid-
cred in military quarters as too beated
to effect any change in the situation on
the Middle Bug or to affect the issue
of the battle now going on north of the
Narew, in which the fate of the main
Bolshevik armies apparently is being
decided.
The high Polish command is reported
to be fully aware that the forces of the
Bolsheviki have taken precautions to
prevC>lt a surprise.
WARSAW, Aug 20 (By The Asso-
ciated Press A communication issued
yesterday says that Ciechanow, north
west of Warsaw, again is in Polish
hands, and the situation of Bolshevik
groups operating between the Vistula
and the Prussian frontier is becoming
more and more critical, with the Poles
IN pursuit Of some of the enemy de-
tachments which are retreating in dis
order in the direction of Ostrow
Brest-Litovsk has been occupied and
the eastern forts garrisoned Near
Drohiczyn the Poles captured the staff
OF the 18th Bolshevik Division and also
part of the staff and detachments Of
the 8th and 9th divisions.
Budenny's Cavalry Repulsed
On the southern front the Bolshevik
General Budenny is attempting an en-
clrcling movement against Lemberg.
The Poles defending Lemberg again
have inflicted serious defeat on
Budenny's cavalry. The report says a
battle IS in progress to prevent the
Reds from crossing the Dnieper at
MlkoiaJow as part of the Bolsheyik
maneuvers against Lemburg.
The communication further an
nounces Polish successes on various
parts of the front. In one battle 400
Reds were killed. Since the offensive
started more than 1900 priso.srs
have been taken.
The Polish counter-action designed
to rid the Danzig corridor of the Boil
sheviki has resulted in the Poles re-
taking Brodnica and Novomiasto In
the battle in the region of Brodnica
the enemy lost 400 men killed.
Eight German civilians who were
alleged to have cooperated with the
Bolsheviki were shot by orders of the
Polish military authorities.
LONDON, Aug. 21--Heavy fighting
continues north and northeast of War
saw. near Plonsk and Ciechanow, ac-
cording to q Bolshevik official state
ment issued yesterday at Moscow and
received here by wireless Further to
the northeast the Soviet and Polish
armies are engaged near Wyszkow and
Stanislavow, while in the region %
Brest-Litovsk fighting is proIsed;nr
| along the line of the WESTERN SrancS
of the Bug River. '"s'
Near Lemberg, the statement says