New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-25

in order to escape responsibility, has
issued statement to the effect that
the retreat on the Polish front was
due to treachery on the party of old
CZarist officers.
WARSAW, Aug. "a (By The Asso-
ciated Press .-Lomza, rs miles north
east of Warsaw, and Bialystok, SO miles
east of Lomza, have been recaptured by
the Polish armies. says an official COM
munication issued by the War Office
to-day
In the remaining occupied sectors in
the north the Bolsheviki are crossing
the Prussian frontier in great numbers.
In this region the 18th and 33d Bolshe-
vik divisions have been smashed and
all troops of the 54th Division have
been taken prisoner.
The 9Th Polish army alone, oper-
ating on the northern front, has ac-
counted for more than 10000 prison
ers, including the stats of the 18th and
e4th divisions, says the communica-
tion
The military authorities announce
that the various government districts
of Poland, with the exception os Su-
Walk and Grodno, have been virtually
cleared of the Bolsheviki. some of
whom, in the panic of retreat. crossed
into East Prussia, but whether they
are interned is not known here
Peasants Hunt Fugitives
Many Red detachments have been
cut off from retreat and are gradually
being gathered III. Peasants, armed
with hunting clubs and scythes, are
assisting the Polish soldiers in the
process of cleaning up.
In various parts OF the country, par
ticularly between the Vstula and
Prussia, where the Bolsheviki have
been cut off from their communica-
tlons, there are organized hunting
parties, consisting of the members Of
hunt clubs and others, who beat the
wooded country in search of Reds the
same as for deer and wild boars.
General Pilsudski has issued an ap-
peal to the peasants to aid -she army.
and urges them to make prisoners in
all cases and turn them over to the
soldiers. The military authorities de-
clare that since the Polish offensive
began about week ago more than
$4,000 prisoners nave been taken.
Red forces hemmed in between Prussia
and the Nlstula are trying to fight their
way eastward. Reds, caught on all sides
by the Poles, launched an attack south
of Mlawa. The attack was repulsed.
The Poles have taken many prisoners.
The communicate says that the Poles
taken prisoner by the Kuban Cossacks
have been murdered.
In the region of Snaidovo." con-.
tlnues the statement. there was bay-
onet fighting. The Poles smashed .ae
Eleventh Red division and occupied
Lomza tto the north), taking several
thousand prisoners and seven camels
which the Reds had used for hauling
supplies.
Reds fighting at various points in
Blalystok were taken prisoner and the
city was occupied Further Polish sue
cesses on the southern front are re.
ported"
The capture of Przasnysz, sixty miles
north of Warsaw, and Mlawa, on the
Polish frontier, seventy-fye miles
northwest of the capital. was reported
IN the oificlal statement last night. The
bulk OF the 4th Soviet army and the
entire Sd Cavalry Corps had been sur
rounded by the Poles, the statement
said.
10000 Reds Cross German Border 81
BERLIN, Aug. 2A.-It is reported
that 10000 Russian Soviet soldiers
have already crossed the German FROM
tier under pressure of the Polish pur-
suit.
The German border troops are CALI
ing Tor reinforcements, as thew ara
unable to control the increasing tides
OF Soviet soldiers who are CROSSING
the, frontier and expressing the desire
to be interned, according to dispatch
from Ailenstein, East Prussia.
Among the troops escaping into Car
many are many Chinese and Circas-
SLAMS, the dispatch saws. The COM
mander Of the 54th Russian Brigade.
accompanied by the chief of staff and
the staff members, crossed the Garr,aa
iront,er at Kamereu, where troops Of
the Russian 18th Division also are
irving. The Russian Ulcers took ~.
In