Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-04
POLES TURN ON
RUSSIAN REDS
fake Offensive Against Bolshev-
Xxi and Make Gains.
FOES DRIVE is HALTED
Spirit Shown by Warsaw Army in
Heavy Fighting Has BLOCKED the
Enemy Staff's Offensive Plan"
Says Statement.

Warsaw, Poland, June 3.-Polish
trops have taken the offensive be-
tween Borisov and Bobruisk on the
center of the front, which is under at
tack from the Russian bolsheviki, and
occupied the line of the Beresina river,
according TO an official statement is
sued at army headquarters here.
The spirit shown by the Poles in
the fighting has blocked the enemy
staff's offensive plan," the statement
adds.
THE great bolshevist offensive.
which was begun May IA with strong
forces between the Duna and Pripet
rivers, has been completely stopped"
says an official communication.
The principal attacks of the soviet
army were directed on one side along
the Observation-Disclosures rail
road, and on the other eastward by
the Beresina in the direction of Minsk.
The objective of the attacks. accord
ing to Intercepted orders, was the occu-
patton of the Molodechno-Afinsk rail-
road May %. A
Foe Retreats in Ukrainia.
TN the Ukraine the attacks of the
Budlenny army in the direction of the
krystynowka-Lipow railroad, last
ing several days, We're repealed and
the enemy compelled to beat retreat.
in the Wolodarki region a squad
ron of the first lancers heroicalH
charged battery in operation. The
squadron lost two officers and Is men
AT WolodaEki a charge of one Of
our squadrons threw back the enemy
cavalry inflicting heavy losses. Inhu-
enced by these attacks, a brigade of
cavalry Of the Budlenny army came
over TO us with its horses.
an the fighting now going on he
tween the Dniester and the Dnieper all
arms merit praise. A detachment Of
infantry composed of 40 men defended
itself against 1000 cavalry, inficting
severe losses. At Pliskow, a postj
which refused to surrender, was killed
to the last sman.
"0ur aviators also distinguished
themselves, collaborating with the in
fantry in helping to capture an ar
mored train"
Counterattacks against the bolshe-
visit line May 30 in the Plessenicz see
ton were successful. it is declared
and several hundred prisoners and a
number of machine guns were cap
tured. South Of Bobruisk Polish raids
have resulted in the taking of prison
ers and Of war material
Reach Duchy Of Teschen.
Vienna. Austria, June Strong
italian and French re-enforcenents
have arrived in the duchy of Teschen.
where Poles and Czechs have been en-
gaeing IN disorders due to the feeling
which exists relative 10 a determine
ton Of the future status of that re-
zion. Reports received here state the
entente commission for Tesehen has
ordered the local administration re-
moved from Karwin to Vualau.
A Prague dispatch says 9dvices re-
ceived there state that the council of
ambassadors in Paris has intimated
that the allies plebiscite commission
might leave Teschen if untoward in
cidents there continue
Monarch Turns on British?
The nationalist movement is now
labeled bolshevist and is extending
rapidly eastward. 1t is reported that
the Persian shah is at the head of
nationalist anti-British movement sup,
ported by the Russian bolsheviki.