Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-20
POLES ROUT REDS,
TAKING MORE THAN
10000 PRISONERS
Swift Offensive Cuts Gaps in
Front, Throwing Foe Into
Confusion.
FRENCH OFFICERS
DIRECT OPERATIONS
by Associated Press TO Every Evening

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Warsaw, Aug. 20.-The Polish often
sive is now in full swing More than
10000 prisoners, 30 cannon, 900 machine
guns and thousands of supply carts have
been captured from the Bolsheviki.
The Poles have occupied Plonsk, Pull
tnsk and wicklow, through which the
Reds drove in their sweep towards the
capital
Owing to the Polish pressure from the
northeast il ls reported that the Bolshe-
wiki are withdrawing their forces which
reached the Vistula south Of the Prls-
sian border and 20 the northwest of
Warsaw
The Warsaw sector is rapidly being
cleared of the Bolsheviki. North and
northeast Of the capital the Reds are
being showed back by the Poles. who are
following them up al along the front.
using artillery in such quantities as to
cause great confusion among the invad-
ers, who now are on the run.
To the east the Bolsheviki are reported
70 be making their way across the Bug
at various points
sidelee was taken by the Poles early on
Wednesday.
The success Of the Poles in throwing
back the Bolsheviki in the battle of
Warsaw was a Polish victory" Genera
W-ygand of France told delegations st
Warsaw who had come 20 tell him that he
was the most popular man IN Poland and
was proclaimed by all as the savior Of
Warsaw"
Advices quote him also as saying:
This magnificent victory consolidatss
the Polish state. whose exissenc~ - T'r4
dlspensable 20 Frances existence. Ger
many, which had hoped To resume direct
relations with the Soviets and 10 throw red
armies against the enemy across the Rhine.
must renounce for the moment such means
Of annulling the Versailles treaty. II the
Polish leaders know how TO profit by
victory, am convinced that the Botshevik
army will soon cease to exist.
Paris, Aug 20-General Dubenny 8
Soviet cavalry is progressing in the direc-
tion of Lemberg, the sector from which the
Poles have been obliged to withdraw
troops TO reinforce the northern front, the
Temps says.
Paris. Aug. 20.-The military successes
of the Poles continued yesterday, accord
ing TO a report TO the foreign Office today
from the military mission in Warsaw
under plans elaborated by the French
General Weygand and his staff Of more
than GOO French officers.
All these officers now are either active
ly in command of the forces that are
freeing Warsaw from the Russian Soviet
menace or are aiding the Polish cOmman-
ders.
French and Polish cooperation in the
commands of the various forces now has
reached satisfactory stage. J. J. Jusser.
and and Lord d'Abernon, respectively
the heads Of the French~and British mis-.
sions 10 Poland, have returned 10 Warsaw
from Poscn for a conference with General
Wevgand and the Polish staff. The sItua-
ton at Danzig Is still causing worry but
it is expected 10 be elelred up when two
French battleships now on the way there
arrive and offer Sir Reginald I. Tower
the allied high commissioners at Danng
sufficient forces to control the docks anc
permit the unloading OF Polish munitions
A train carrying 500 horses from France
for Poland was stopped at the Belgian
| frontier, although Poland had gwen as
srlrances the animals were for use IN agrl
cultural work, according to. a Brusseli
dispatch to the Journal today.
The Belgian newspapers express dlsap
I
| dispatch adds.
The Temps announces that the French
! government has received advices ths
/ Polish troops have occupied Biela, p
miles west of Brest-Litovsk.
| London, Aug. 20.-The Russian Sovie
| forces have abandoned Lukow, 6S mile
southeast of Warsaw and Radin, so mile
to the southeast, according TO yesterday
communique issued by the Moscow gov
ernment. The statement claims that tn
Poles were driven back seven miles from
Cieehanosx, 40 miles northwest Of War
saw.
The statement reads:
''The fighting at Plonsk continues
Southwest of Ciechanow we hav'
driven back the enemy. We are sever
miles from Ciechanow.
eve have abandoned Lukow and Radii
and fighting is proceeding for Blela ant
Wlodawa. (Biela is % miles northwest o
Radin and Wlodawa AZ miles southeas
of Radin) In the Cholm and Hrubleszoy
regions southeast of Lubinl our advanc
continues"
Warsaw, Aug. 20.-The extreme righ
wing OF the Polish army is marching O
Brest-Litovsk on the Bug river l20 mile
east of Warsaw, according 20 an ofhcis
statement issued today, The right win
has captured Siedlce and Bielsk.
The Polish left wing has taken Pultusl
about 35 miles north of Warsaw and
continuing its progress in the direction {
Mlawa. In the center the Polish force
are marching in the direction OF 0str;
ienka, % miles southwest OF Lomza.
CENSUS STATISTICS.