Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-27
REDS CORNERED
FIGHTING LIKE
RATS IN a TRAP

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nlrc cannon. There was stree, fight
Ing in Eialystok for NOR. than
wcnty-four hours before the Boil
shcvists were finally oustcd from the
place. Reports received "a; the War
department state the F!fty-afth Boil
shevist Division has been called from
Grodno TO attempt to drive the Poles
out of Eiaiystok. In the neIghbor-
hood OF that city more than 1000
prisoners and eighteen guns were
taken BY the Poles.
Polish successes in the neighbor-
mood Of Lcmbcrg are also reported.
Soviet troops surrounded near
| Mlawa made - desperate attack In
| order TO break through, the cores
pondcnt reports. portion OF the
Soviet army escaping TO the east
ward. Further east the Poles. after
capturing Bialystok, are advancing
on Grodno.
In Eastern Gal!cIa the sovlc, forces
are retreat!ng on the whole front la
order TO avoid a flank attack, which
is threatening them from the north.
The French general. Lanezan. is tax
ing command OF the Polish southern
front, the correspondent says.
Fierce hshting In the oriekhov
district OF the Crimea, continually In
crcasing In violence, is reported in
the Russian Soviet official statement
of Wednesday. On the Lcmberg front
the Soviet cavalry has penetrated the
Polish rear and reached the town o!
Stry!, the statement says. On the
nortNsrn front the Soviet retreat con-
;inues.
soviet troops are reported TO be
concentrating in great numbers
along the Bcrcsina River. where the
recent offensive against Warsaw was
begun. aud military observers here
are specuiating as TO the possibility
they may launch an an attack
is believed possible the Bolsheviki
may make n stand in the event the
Poles continue their pursuit Of the
from the Rug River. on the south.
and Grodno. on the north.
continued to tell of Polish forces
sheyiS on various fronts.
The Soviet forces have evacuated
Wilma. Lithuania. and the railroad
station and public buildings there
were occupied by Lithuanians Tues
reaching the French foreign office
To-Day.
Fresh Bolsravist forces released
from the Finnish frontier have been
rushe dtoward Grodno in an en-
deavor to head off the Polish adj
thousands of the Red army hemmed
in b ythe Poles. according to to-
nights military information.
owing to the Soviet Finnish peace
treaty. thousands of Reds, IL is re-
ported. are being transferred to the
Polish front. The Poles are expected
TO rcoccmpy Grodno at an early date.
Armies are overrunning the East
Prussian frontier to such an extent
that the German military authorities
arc said to have called out extra Dor
der forces to guard the scattered
points and prevent further crossing.
1t is estimated here that between
%, 900 and 10000 Reds have sought
refuge in Prussia. At several places
the Germans, 1t is asserted. fired on
tho Reds. driving them back into
Poland, where thousands are grad
.ually beiny surrounded by the Poles
in their northern sweep.
Colby Has Polish Reply.
WASHINGTON. August 26.-Secre-
tary OF State Colby announced to-
night that Il reply to his communica-
ton Of august ,, u. requesting that
her armies would stop at her ethnial
borders. and that no invasion of Rus
STA would be attempted, has been
received. He refused to discuss the
contents further than to state that
they were being studied and were
not disappointing"
From another source 1t was learned
that tho issues presented by Poland
arc so grave that a public statement
will not be made until after Presi-
dent Wilson himself has had oppor-
tunity to pass upon them.
q 10000 Reds Flee to Prussia.
hMSTERDAM hnuifSf
total OF Russian soldiers that has
crossed the German border to date is
moro than 10000, figures assembled
hero from different points along tho
East Prussian border show. No
clashes have resulted from tho cross
tngs.
e Several days.ago,thcs Russian army
ohst ho Mlawa- Thorn line appeared