Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-24
BIG BATTLE RAGING
ON BANKS Of RHINE
Reds Attempt to Wipe Out
Reichswehr in Fight at
Wesel.
GERMANY IS IN T'iaoEs.
But Ebert Government Rallies
Strong Military Force Against
It's Foes.
-ny A..oe!a;ea preas.1.

Ni'. AfNGc!Stei Press.
CoBLE&Z. Marci, 2G.-IIeavy neNt.
'h| has been going on since noon be.
fore Wcse, on the lower right oanl, of
the l;hino where The Reds hnvc at.
tempted I" wipe out the stand of lie
Reichswehr The I;eas are trying To-
get through communication with Hoi.
;..!!u III order 10 secure foodstuffR
d-oop movements 10 surround the Essep
area are IN progress.
S!A thousand regulars within the
,"rtress gre re ocslescd by $4,000 Spar
guns. -
T. is re2ortcd that. IN a spar.acan
attac!i on the post office ut Dortmund !
ccrs wore l;!!IeG. >'''''
In rhuringia the Soviet government
IS said To have appointed Il foreign min
:ster ana 10 he printing Bolshel ixs
EiEh, Aunired are ,rcnorted to have
Monda!. The usual ;ttrocity tales ac-
company the wireless report received
here i S charged that the sicher.
armed and nssSacret
t.isenach vas retaken iy :hc govern
still in the hands OF the worSingmen
and, and Tsy,rai sew, hundred Wounded, is silI !
hcid bybthc national guard.
4 de;achment of Uhlans was sur
pr!sed Monday between Dusseldorf and
officers ana young soldiers Of tho. lie. 8
tachncnt We're shot as enemies OF the !,
wUrhing classes, according TO n woundsj
gian post, ana told of the attack.
itravS FiSI.riuy North of spananu.
,raonn msnvE 3 i'Th,ms: Ils,,.::n, between reEula
noT;h II spandsa sssa's Gss9arsd staans soaa banaz
H4uippnd with machine guns which haa l
coun,erea a company OF regulars nsaE ],
en!igsd 20 fst,rs; owing T. their
inforce,nents. however, was the slguaS
i"r 4 systematic attack. with artillery
nrsparati"n, and violent house to house
finally compelled to retreat. leaving "a 4
dead and many wounded on the scene j
az the Nshting. They were pursucd
tievernmsnt troops occupied ths
bridges across the Havcl River near /,
The clash bctween regular troope /
ana Insurgents at lfenningdort ne9k
Spandau yesterday. resulted in tho 1sss,5
ms o. forty persons and the wouHlinS
nt S!Sty-tivc, according TO an ENchariSc II
,feiesraph Company message from BsR.S
Tho Communist councils in Saxony
have begun 10 divide large estates, 1t & /
More than 600 persons have tessE
killed in the lighting at Elberlleia
in the R"hr region near the occupied
city. according TO today'e advices from 4
Western Germany, The Communists y
oncr al EfberueiI. and 900 aS,ii3innppitt ~ -
another point l-5,gN]
The dispatches bear out previous re-
district Of Westphalia is in the HANDS: /
OF the Communists, although fighting
s ns,i,tn Ginntn"'nFi IN. II some paoes Fresh
place them at from 10000 to 100000. u, 4
fn!nine is declared 10 be threatening
Eoohum,, Dortmund. Dusseldorf and
- hnpp 2 b.,y ..
.using To deliver food TO tho Commun-
lists Encounters already have occur. cd i
between peasants and patrols OF Come
plies. -
The hosp!sals at Eherfeld are surf
o, .hs w"undea v.sm,l d, soldiers and civilians as
cap,ure Palace in scnre.wi<. Il
Insurgents have captured the palace
the province OF Schlcswig- lilo olstein. acesI
cordinG to dispatch received here A.
nHmIsF Mn Wcr %t Sti'fers OF GayalSy Regiment
styled committee OF action is in con-
trol % Schleswig. the dispatch says -
Order has'not yet been re-estabIishsGsl
A. Nordhauscn, Saxony. and the situa-
t!on at Sonderhauscu and Eobure fsF
worse; The demand for disar rnanicIlt
been rejected, the extremists have
armed themselves. fsfg
l.at"s, dispatches from Halle sasa
that after very stubborn fighting tho
troons are master Of the situation. The 8
Workm"l retired 10 the cnvirons or
Halo. Passenger traffic to Berlin WIS
resumed today. ~
4 messagc from Wierngen says
committee OF action has taken overs
The executive power. At Coburg the
fortress has hccn occupied by rexulars
Restore Quiet st Wnh.lmshav~n.4. 4.,sss
Qniet has been completely restored !
~ Nilhcltnshav aven, Wismar and Eos-
tok AMI there is no further apprehen-%
sion on the return 0f the Sovicts.
Tho situation IN SaXony at Hwickan5 |
and Shenlnitz. as well aS In Thurin gis +
remains undecided. Leipzig IS reports
Cd TO bc generally quiet; the revolving
forces have hcGun 70 disarn, and the
commanding general has issued n proc-E
lamation threatening extreme meas
u-es against further attempts at dsaY
o.'ooT -
In Berlin tho situation IS tran1,sis
except Tor few uuiiEportant col!isionR
in the northeastern quarters. where
thc lack OF provisions is badly felt,s
There Is no indicetion oc further trous4
Vftci ana underground roads tonight. "a
The national assembly VIII meet
Thursday afternoon, and in prapara.S
tion for this session all The parties are
holding meetings.
Lieutenant Benchner tho wcli-s
lied with forty Victories in the air durss
ing the var. was shot down and Killed
during the dchtlng In Leipzig. %tS,
Chinese Troops Leave siheri
liy Associated press.l
PEEING, March l1.-Ths Soycrh<
men.., has ordered the wjthdrawai Of
the Chinese troops from Siberia jrhis3
Important action is taken ~ indicating
an accord WITH the powers relatIvhs no