Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-19
RED ARMIES FLEE IN
CONFUSION; WARSAW
NOW BELIEVED SAFE
Poles Using Tanks, Airplanes. Ar
morcd Trains and Artillery in
Counter Attack.
DEFENDERS REPORT
ENEMY ROUTED
BY Associated Press 10 Kvery Eyeninr

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
London, Aug. 19-Iho Russo-Polish
continued as agreed, owing % the fault -
the Polish delegation. according - a mrs
cage sent from Moscow by George
Tchitcherin, Soviet foreign minister, ~
Leo KananeH, Soviet representative m
London
Warsaw, Aug. ~ III y. m.) Russian
forces are evacuating Brcsf-Litovsk, tho
strongly fortified town on the Bug River
100 miles east Of Warsaw, according 10
advices received here tonight
London, Aug. 19-FIeroe sighting -
continuing in the region of Warsaw. snd
NovOgeorgevisk, the fortress about 10
miles northwest Of Warsaw ~ the con-
auence Of the Vistula snd Bug rivers. &C
cording 10 yesterday official statement
issued by the Bolshevik government ~
Moscow
In the Crifnean sector pnga gprnents ere
going on with Indecisive results the state
ment says.
Warsaw, Aug. Is 20 r. m I--Sov5pt
forces are fleeing in disorderlv panic along
the front between the Fisfuia and BIz
Rivers where the Poles are advancing with
extraordinary success, s8ys an official
statement issued tonight
In their counter attack 10 relieve Bol-
shevIk pressure upon NaTsaw the Poles
are using tanks, airplanes, aruored trains
and artillery IN great number Az Novo
Minsk, east Of here, and SerOck % the
northeast, 1000 prisoners, seven cannon,
hundreds Of wagons and ,East Quantities
Of supplies have been cartured from the
BolshevikI the statement declares.
The Bolshevik retreat north and clst
of Warsaw where the Soviet forces were
closely driven BY the Poles, took The SEM
blance Of a rout at some places the cnm-
muniqle reports. On the extreme lcft
of the Polish line, however, and in the re-
gon Of Lemberg, Soviet advices are re-
corded.
Northwest of Warsaw the Russian
troops met resistance at Wloclawek where
they had designed To cross the Nistuia-
They bombarded Wlociawek for hours. the
shells damaging the cathedral and the
bishops palace
Warsaw, Aug. Is--Polish successes on
all fronts with the exception Of the south
ern battle sector where the Russian Soviet
forces are advancing IN the direction of
Lemberg. are reported In an officiat state
ment issIed tonight.
Soviet prisoners are pouring into War
saw in such numbers that II Is becoming
problem how 20 care for them.
Paris. Aug le-Lukow. r city about
Al miles southeast Of Warsaw and twelve
miles south Siedlce has been captured hv
Polish troops in their counter attack
against the left wing 81 the Bolshevik
army, says the Warsaw correspondent ~
the newspaper Excelsior. His dispatch.
which was sent on Tuesday night. de-
clares the Bolshevlk right wing also b In a
bad situation.
The maneuver executed bv the Poles n
their counter attack was an exceedIng.y
daring one, the correspondents declares.
II consisted in concentrating heavy col-
lmns Of troops and delivering a slIrprl-e
attack against the flank Of the main Boz
shevik army. II was completely slccess-
ful because OF the ability % Tho Polish
infantry in marching. and he asserts that
very important consequences oi the
plan are expected
London, Aug IA scrlss of vlre-
ess messages between George I~hitchsrin,
Bolshevik foreign minister and Maxim
Litvinoff, BOlshevik representative IN
dealing with financial trans
actions between the Soviet governments
and the London Daily Herald, was Of
icially made public here today. These
messages, which ere intercepted IN
several European countries, 80 Tar a. can
De Judged from the apparently curtailcd
ext. show that Litvinoff was urging
rchitcheriR TO subsidize the Herald.
A message sent in February declsred
he newspaper was losing 1000 pounds
,terling a week and in aEother m July
Litvinof said the paper agaln was ia
financial difficulties and needed 5000
rancs for six months
Later the Bolshevik foreign minister
10 Litvinof directing hun -
ell the management Of the Herald thaJ
subsidy would he paid and that he
lad ordered certain Chimes hsgnds % be
handed over 70 the newspaper.
Another message directed Ltvinof %
onsllt the editor Of the Herald and saId
Point out to him who vii give hun
orders and regulate the number oi copies.
sn' .. he now able 70 send legal pamphlets
o America?
Berlin, Aug. 1S.-The allied commis-
ION has declared an intensified state of
iege at kattowitz, upper Silesla, as a re-
ult Of clashes between civilians and
french troops in which p persons were
illed
The commission has forbidden the pub
cation of FIVE newspapers in upper SleSia
Or a week
Buepos Aires, Aug. lS.-The shoe
makers and cabinet makers unions and
Of various other workers
uit work for several hours today 20 cele-
rat he reported capture OF warsaw BY
he ,lSheviki.