Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-27
POLES WIN GR0DN0,
TAKING MUNITIONS,
MANY PRISONERS
Concentration Point of Red
Forces FaIIs-VictorS
Pursue Russians.
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW. September 27.-Grodno,
an important city in northwestern
Russia, near the Lithuanian frontier,
has been captured by. Polish troops
after heavy fighting. says an official
statement issued here this morning
A large number of prisoners and
much war material were taken by the
Poles. 1T is said.
Fer Some days Polish forces have
been gradually working their way
around the city, which has been the
concentration point of Russian boil
shevik forces on the northeastern
Polish front.
North of the Niemen." continues
the statement, our detachments are
pursuing the scattered enemy. Re-
peated enemy attacks on Lubisz were
repulsed with great losses.
I'm tie region of Rozany and Vol
kovysk (southeast of Grodno) the
nemy has begun gradual retreat
beyond the Sznazare river.
North of Rovno (Volhynia) we de-
stroyed the 18th Soviet Brigade
which had instructions to retake
North of volochysk (on the old Ga.
lician border, east of TarnopoD we
took Medyn and Toki. forcing the en-
emy to retreat to the northeast.
"The Ukrainian army is enlargine
its positions east of the Zbruch river
Retirement Admitted.
LONDON. September li.-A retire
ment by the Russians in the Grodne
region is admitted by the Russian
statement on military operations. re-
ceived by wireless today. An advance
to the southeast of Grodno, however
| where the capture of Volkovysk IL
claimed, is recorded by the statement
| which reads:
I'm the Grodno region, after mum
ber of battles, our troops were with
drawn to the right bank of the Me
men. After fierce fighting. we occu
pied Volkovysk and number OF VII
lagos seven miles westward.
Conference To-day.
RIGA, September 26 (by the AS
sociated Press)-The Russo-Pohsn
conference will be resumed tomor'
row. The soviets are expecteo 10 an
swer the Polish counter proposals
M. Joffe having agreed to this at N
Dombski's request. IN spite u '4e
| fact that the Poles are not ready &c
answer the MOSCOW declaration pre-
sented on Friday.
The conference will begin working
| out the details of the preliminary
peace proposals with meeting OF
| the Joint boundary commission after
the plenary session on Monday, bott
the soviets and Poles considering 1
| necessary to dispose of the question
| of the line of demarcation first.
| The boundary commission is the
only one yet appointed, NJ. Joffe in
| forming the Poles that the soviets
| would appoint their members Of the
other commissions later.
Trotsky Upholds Terms.
LONDON, September 27.-In a state
ment to the Moscow correspondent o.
| the Manchester Guardian, regarding
the peace terms offered by the sovie'
government to the Poles at the Riga
conference, Leon Trotsky, the soviet
war minister, declared:
IF the Poles refuse peace on those
| terms this will convince the mos
! backward peasant in the darkest cor.
F., ner that it is impossible to obtair
! peace without a fight to a finish"
Trotsky declared the bolshevik mill.
| tary situation was not so bad by g
great deal as military circles in west.
ern Europe imagined.
| WARSAW. September 26.-Polant
has received from Lithuania a note
expressing a desire to reopen peace
negotiations. The note suggests that
| the Poles and Lithuanians retire te
opposite sides Of the Foch line.
Prince Sapieha, Polish foreign min.
lister, in a reply which he intends tt
send to Lithuania Monday, accepts
generally the Lithunian proposals.