New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-09


capital are being taken by men too ole
to fight.
Bolshevik aviators flying over the
Polish lines have scattered broadcast
propaganda pamphlets signed by the
president of the revolutionary commit.
tee in Poland, saying, make your
officers prisoners and let us Jointly
march on Warsaw"
The Poles are appealed to in the
pamphlet to wipe out the aristocracy and
make Poland a great communist country
The pamphlets declare that the Bolshe-
wiki are marching on Warsaw with the
pest OF motlves-to save the country
from the landowners rule.
Capital Beehive of Activity
Among the volunteers who have
gone to the front is Stanislas Patek
former Minister of Foreign Affairs
He enlisted as a private in the cavalry
Warsaw is beehive of activity
Supplies for the artillery, cavalry and
infantry constantly are MOVING
through the streets toward the front
The population believes that great
battle is to be fought on line se-
lected by the general staff which will
settle the fate of the city.
WARSAW, Aug. 7-Ostrolenka, on
the Narew River, northeast Of War
saw, has been captured by the Boil
sheviki after two days fight
The Bolsheviki now have reached q
point seventy kilometers northeast of
Warsaw
Along the Bug River there is fight
ing in the region of Malkinow, where
the Poles are king, and at
Sokolow, which the Reds are attacking
In the region of Janow, west of the
Bug, 800 Reds surrendered after hav-
ing achieved successes which brought
them across the river.
Red gains are reported west of
hrest-Litovsk, the Reds having
reached Piozcvad, where the Poles are
putting up stiff fight.
Hostilities are going on all along
the southern front, but there has been
no gair for the Reds.
Fierce Fighting on Bug
The heaviest fighting since the Boil
sheviki began their offensive a month
ago is now developing along the Bug
River, where 10th sides are throwing
III all the forces at their command
Towns and points of vantage are
changing hands daily, but the Polish
official communication interprets the
battle as successful for the Poles.
Terespol finally has been retaken by
the Poles. 1t has changed hands
several times. South of Brest-
Litovsk, where the Poles drove the
Reds across the Bug. the Poles have
taken Mokran.
Thousands of men are working or
Warsaw's defenses on the east bank OF
the Vistula, the great semi-circle tax.
ing in the fortified towns of Move
Georgicvsk, NJ odlin, Segev, Siedlce and
lvangoroa.
The task of repairing Warsaw's
largest and finest bridge, which was
destroyed by the Russians in 1915, has
ceased. There are two other bridges
over the Vistula. One of these is used
exclusively by the railroads. The
other, which takes care of vehiculal
traffic, was crowded to-day with peas
ants coming in from the east They
were on foot, dragging or pushing carts
or leading horses pulling wagons OF
every description, which were pilec
gees.
Praga Filled With Refugees
Praga, a suburb on the east bank OF
the Vistula, was filled with refugees
and lines of vehicles reaching Tor miles
along the Praga highway were to be
seen awaiting their turn to join the
stream of traffic across the SINGLE
bridge leading into the center of War.
saws oldest district
The refugees are not permitted tc
remain in Warsaw and are passing or
westward into the country, hoping to
upon the capital from Che northeast
Poland's efforts to send wireless
note to Moscow concerning the Minsk
conference for an armistice have re-
suited s,,l In tangle of uncertainties
The latest Foreign Office announcement
says the Moscow wireless operator nm
swered Warsaw's call and Warsaw then
sent the note, but Moscow did not &C.
knowledge receipt of it.
The Poles then duplicated the note
by way of Norway, with a request that
Norway use every effort to relay it to
Moscow. The Norwegians agreed to do
THIS, but since then nothing has been
heard concerning the matter.