The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-09
REDS ONLY 40
MILES OUT OF
POLE CAPITAL
Break Into Town Near War.
saw-Fight is Swaying at
Other Points on Long Line
of Battle.
IS CHECKED IN PLACES
(By Associated Press)

Russia BoIshevik attacks appar.
emily have broken the Polish lines
near the East Prussian frontier and
| soviet cavalry patrons have swept
forward in a great encircling move
ment north Of Warsaw. In the CEN
ter OF the Polish front the soviet arm
! les also seem to have torn great gap
in the defenses of Warsaw.
Przasnysz. a city Al miles north OF
warsaw has been occupied by the
advancing Bolshevik hordes. which
nave passed on and are reported to
and Ciechancw, to the southwest
Admit Loss os City.
The loss of Przasnysz is admitted
in an official statement issued in War.
saw last night, and it would seem the
soviet horsemen are advancing al
most without serious opposition.
On Friday the Bolsheviki were re-
ported fighting the Poles near
Myszynfec, near the East Prussian
border
When they broke through, it is not
known, but it appears they have
gained at least 10 miles in the last
three days. Polish troops have been
NJ a.
which is situated on the railroad limo
running from Warsaw to Danzig.
1t is believed they will make des-
perate effort to prevent the capture
of this city by soviet armies.
Polish Lines Are Forced Back
CoincIdent with the Bolsheyik ad-
vance on the north, the Polish lines
from south of Ostrov to west of Brest-
Lltovsk have been forced back So
Wet troops have forced their way into
| SokoloW and are reported to be fight
Ing east of Siedlce. The BolsheviN
are also said to have taken Piszczac.,
west of Brest-Litovsk
In this region they are said to have
control of the road leading westward
from Brest-Litovsk to Biala Further
south there has been serious fighting,
and importan MT successes are claimed
, by the, Bolsheviki.
| Great Britain and France are pre-
pared to take instant action against
the Bolsheyih as a consequence of
the latter's refusal to grant Premier
Lloyd Georges request for a Today
truce with the Poles.
confers With MlIerand
Mr.. Lloyd George conferred with
Premier Millerand of France at
! of the British army and navy were
closeted with Marshal Foch of France
at the same place until an early hour
this morning
Mr Lloyd George was to have made
statement in the British house of
commons today and it was expected
he would outline his proposed course
of action. Late advices, however,
c a will Aara
til tomorrow
PoIlSh plenipotentiaries will cross
the fighting zone east of Warsaw late
today on their way TO Minsk. where
they will begin armistice and peace
negotiations. The conference at Minsk
will begin on Wednesday, according
to present plans.
LONDON, Aug. 9.-The Polish gov
ernment is leaving Warsaw, its capital.
II Is asserted in a wireless dispatch
from Moscow received here this after
noon.
Poland is still far from being beaten.
in the opinion of Marshal Foch. as ex-
pressed in an interview with the
Exchange Telegraph Co, correspond
cnt at Hythe, providing Poland's
forces and her military material are
quickly organized. the marshal is
quoted as saying, she may yet be able
successfully to defend her frontiers.
WARSAW, Aug S.-All foreign
legations in Warsaw left for Posen to-
night on special train. John Camp
bell White, secretary, and ]. Pierre
pont Mofat, third secretary of the
American legation. and the military
attaches will remain in Warsaw for
the present. but the rest of the per-
sonnel left on the special last night.
The only American women remain
ing in Warsaw are a few Red Cross
nurses and some Y. NJ c. A. workers.
LONDON. Aug. 9-Russian BoI.
shevik troops have broken into the
town of Sokalow, about 40 miles east
northeast of Warsaw and have cap
tured several points south Of Brest-
Litovsk. according to an official state
ment issued in Moscow yesterday and
received here by wireless
At Malkin, a railroad junction on
the Bug river about miles south
east of Ostrow, the Bolsheviki have
beaten off fierce counter attacks by
the Poles. the statement says. II
Continued on Page Five)