Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-05
| |TCHED BATTLES
| IN C|TY'S STREETS
|rhllcry, Machine Guns and
Bombs Rout Radicals in
Duisburg.
pLL0WED BY EASTER PEACE
uslness District Raked by Big
Guns and Swept by Bullets
Like Driving Rain.
DLL0WED BY EASTER PEACE

|DGlSEuRG. RIIENISH PRUSSIA.
,r!l i-Easter brought real peace
BuisburG.
|Aiter heavy iighGnE the govern
lrni troops which reached here eur
yesterday. were today combinS
r. industrial district az the south
|onnd "inhcim, and the woods to.
|'rd Muihein. where the scattered
us are believed 70 have fed
|It is not Intended that the troops
al proceed TO Essen or Dusseldor.
less there ere unexpected develop
nts. Military control viii hc main
ned hrrc only until the authorities
r. satisfied OF the stability o. civil
Il administration.
I'"mbn. Shells md bullets.
When the kcichswehr troops
81 led into The Du!sburg region
Isieriay they cleared out the rid!-
element o. the Red army in
chcd battles IN tho streets. Ma
snc-run and rifle bullets swept the
sircAa district like 4 driving rain,
lllHry threw solid shot. and bombs
d hand Sreuades We're tossed. There
housc-;o- house lighting in some
aricrs. -Four citizens were KILLED
n number were injured.
child was k!l.cd on the Belgian
G .. the Ehine and "A belgian SOL
was shot IN the hand. The
lchswchr and Red casualties. il Is
iciall" announced. were compare
ely light.
Fac Rcichsweh- invaded puisburg
TWO con,inFcn,s. the si1ty-Second
s!mca, marching south fro m
.sc! through Hamborn and D!na.
ten into tuh.orL- and the remain
faak ing IN cast OF D9isburs. The
ltinesuts arrived simultaneously
} o'clock III the afternoon.
rhe detachment or police under
X u search houses for resisting
d. while the government artillery
X up a position north OF the old
es Of Du!shurE. from which spot
placed shots where the Reds were
,uped principally in the high
DOL grounds,
Troops Drive the Reds.
fhc h.st shots were fred in Kais-
fcre. on the eastern edge of the
y. Fighting soon followed in tho
rntoWn streets OF Dulsburg, tho
ichswehr advancing from corner
corner driving tho fsds before
IN. The Reds fought in small
ups. sometimes only three or four
inning a machin" gun. supplement
its lire with rifles.
he scvcrcst firing was in Some
n street. The Reichswehr en-
cd the street at the north end
m an open square with machine
as. and the Reds. with their ma
ne guns. stood at range OF nifty
ds.
he sweeping fire OF both hides
tiers were piled high with glass
puiverized that it resemb!ed piles
|driftcd shaved ice when the shop
pcrs later in the evening swept
side walks 10 the accompaniment
machine-gun firc in the southern
eastern outskirts.
Remnants OF the melting Reds.
hercd around Bismarck's monu-
bit. fed when the troops charged,
barricades erected in kassler-
her Street. where many aliens re-
r, were wiped out by shrapnei.
the campaign Of the Reichs~ehr is
tinuing. according TO late dis
ches from Duisburg 10 Essen. The
Respondent. travelling in Red
SIS car from Essen this morning
rd fairly regular firing in the vi
8ty of Mulhcim. indicating that
6or General kabitsch was carrying
his plans 10 clear the country Of
els between Duisburg ind Null
m.
he interruption of communicat ion
h Essen since early afternoon is
Iaincd by the telephone company
due to fighting along the line.