Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-06-04
POLES AND REDS
HAVING NICE WAR
WAGONS ARE USED INSTEAD q.
MOTORS FOR TRANSPORT
OF WAR MATERIALS
A|RpLANES Do GOOD SERVICE
Line on Eastern Front Is Held =.
Principle of Outpost System
Both Need MateriaI-Raids
by Cavalry Are Made.

BERLIN.-When the bolshevik Of.
fensive began the eastern front was
approximately 700 miles long, begin
ming near Lucyn, northwest of
Dvinsk, thence running south to
Drissa on the Dwina. Then it went
along that river to Polanck, thence
south to Borisov on the Beresina
along that river to Bobrujsk, thence
south, passing west of Mozyrz tn
Zwishel, Szepetowka and Polskrow IN
the Dniester river, east of Studzinica
This long line has no railway par.
alleling it in the Polish rear. The
nearest approach to such line runs
from Rovno north, crossing the Pripet
river east of Pinsk and passing nv
Lada and Wilma.
Good Wagon Roads Scarce.
Full use of six lines running in
fan shape from Warsaw and Brest.
Ltovsk necessitated using these June.
tons. Good wagon roads, like rail.
ways, are scarce, running generally
east to west. Adding to the Difficult
ties of communication the Pripet
marsh split the Polish lines into two
parts.
The bolsheviki had a line from,
north to south paralleled by a rail-
way running from Mobylov on the
Dniester through Berdyczow, Zit-
more, Mozyrz. Mohloy, Vitebsk and
Petrograd. Also the river Dnieper
paralleled large part of the front
Both sides lacked rolling stock. The
Poles confronted additional difficul.
ties on account of having a standard
gage on the western part of all the
railways and a broad gage on the
eastern part.
Throughout this great extent of
territory the country generally is
rolling, with few hills. It consists
of farming land, much untitled graz.
ing land and woods and forests scat.
tered everywhere. AS the total
Polish army is about 100000 and as
considerable part of this number is
not available on the bolshevik front
because it is needed on other Polish
frontiers, it is apparent that con.
tinuous line such as the western
front is an impossibility
Held on Outpost Principle.
The line is held on the principle
of an outpost system for open war
fare. All the railways, roads and i'm
portant points are held by strong de-
tachments heavily entrenched.
The customary means of attack is
to hold the front line with entrenched
detachments under heavy artillery
fire while trying to work around the
flanks to cut it off.
Air Service Of Great Value.
Armored trains on the railways and
armored cars on the roads do impor
tant work. The air service is of the
greatest value in reconnaissance
Each side has a limited number Of
airplanes for the total number Of
troops engaged. This plus the ex
tent of the front results in few being
seen at any one time.
While each side has a Reasonable
amount of artillery of light and me
dunn caliber they have no heavy cal
ibers nor can they collect a consider.
able number of guns in one spot.
Also because of the length of COM
munication and limited quantity of
transport of all kinds available the
artillery never has more than
meager allowance of ammunition
from this great war viewpoint.
There is comparatively little motor
transport, for the reason neither army
has much and except on few main
roads it mires hopelessly after rain.