New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-15

themselves against an impregnabie de-
Tense. 1t is to this line that the Poles
have been withdrawing so as to stand
with their backs to the national metrop-
oils, and il is here that Poland's best
troops are now grouped.
Warsaw's Line of Defense
Warsaw's defense extends from the
fortress Of Novo Geirievsk through the
fortress of zegrje through Radymin.
just beyond which the Bolsheviki
brought up artillery to-day, through
Ceglow to the fortress of Ivangorod,
sixty kilometers above Warsaw, on the
Vistula.
In their westward drive the Reds,
crossing the Bug River in the region
of Brest-Litovsk, occupied Siedlce
"Wednesday, and Thursday reached
Kaluszyn, just east of Warsaw. Kalus-
gym is within gunshot distance of the
line of defense.
On this northeastern front, along the
Bialystok road, the Russians were TWEEN
ty-one miles from Warsaw, this morn
lng's newspapers reported.
Poles Capture Men and Guns
PARIS, Aug. 14.-Continuation of the
Bolshevik advance toward the sector of
Novo- Georgievsk-Zegrze northwest of
Warsaw is reported in today's official
communiQue, issued at Warsaw. Boil
shevik cavalry, the communlQue says,
has reached Sierpo, about twenty miles
north of plotsk. Some reinforced de-
tachments of Bolchevik infantry at
tackled at a point twenty-five miles
northwest of Warsaw, but were re-
pulsed.
tant defeat for the Bolsheviki in the
region southeast of Warsaw also is re-
corded in the communique, which
I've are continuing TO rcgroup our
detachments destined to defend the
capital, contact with the enemy being
slight
in occupying the line of the River
Tysmienica, repulsed attacks of the
enemy and captured eight machine
guns and 100 prisoners.
in the Cholm -Tyszowce sector,
southeast of Warsaw, the enemy has
suffered an important defeat, leaving
in our hands some prisoners and ma
chine guns. The cavalry of General
Budenny before the resistance of our
detachments did not try to attack.
"Along the Sereth and Strypa rivers,
local attacks.
"Near Horodyzsche, about forty-five
miles northeast of Lublin, because of
the efficiency OF the fire Of our 10th
Division, Bolsheviki columns were de-
feated.
Daring Maneuver by Reds
Russian Bolshevik generals are car
rying out an extraordinarily daring
vancouver on the fronts north and east.
Of Warsaw, according to Professor
Nidou, an eminent military writer, who
has telegraphcd from Warsaw to the
'JournaW regarding the campaign.
Northeast OF Warsaw the terrain is
particularly difficult, being covered by
the Narew and Vistula rivers, the fort
ress of Modlin being an especially for
midable obstacle. he said. The Soviet
forces arc trying to move further west
ward. probably toward Ploclz, so as to
ia Warsaw in the reer but in so do
ing they are lengthonipg their whole
front from the Nistula to the Prussian
frontier. Professor Ndou declares that
line 20 a counter offensive which might
easily pierce it, even if not delivered
in great force.
Russians Approach River Vkra
LONDON, Aug. 1A.-The Russian
army is continuing its drive to the
north of Warsaw and has closely APP
preached the River Nkra, an afiuent of
the Bug. which joins that river close to
It's confluence with the Vistula, near
Novogeorsievsll, northwest of the
Polish capital, it is shown in Fridays
official statement from Moscow, re-
cciyed to-day. The statement reads:
''In the Sarny region we occupied
Bezhan village
Cur troops, advancing toward the
River Vkra, have reached points four
(ecn miles east of that river We have
captured Wengrow (thirty- eight miles
northeast of Warsaw and Lukow
Cfifty miles southeast of Warsaw)
After the occupation of Wyszkow
(twenty-six miles northeast of War
saw we have advanced to the west,
south and southeast
IN the region of Vladimir Volynski
Con the southern front near the Cali
clan bOrdeO we are continuing to adj
vance.
an the Crimean sector, in the Oriak-
hof region. our cavalry is fercely en-
gagged with considerable enemy forces"
4 dispatch from Warsaw to-day says
that the condition of the refugees in
that city is so critical that the entire
Jewish press is appealing to the rabbis
to threw open the synagogues for their
accommodation
Bar Refugees from Danzig
The rush of Polish refugees to Dan
zig, reported in Berlin dispatches
earlier this week, has created such
serious situation there that Sir Reg