Arizona republican., 1920-08-18
Warsaw Defenders RepeI Soviets ! Capturing Important Strategic l
 Positions In Counter Offensive
French Arms and Troops Aid Poles In Desperate Attempt to Check Adj vance on Warsaw
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PARIS, Aug. 17.-Warsaw is holding out well, according to the latest news tonight The Poles, who were begins ming to repeat their old despairing cry of 1881, God is too high and France too far,' fortified by counsel of Frances expert soldiers, have plucked up spirits with immediate eff feet.
 While it is too soon to forecast thk future of the great battle raging neal Warsaw, the Poles appear to retain the initiative they took Saturday and con4- tinue to hold the bolsheviki in check In the southeast, on the western Bug they have scored notable successes. Nevertheless the situation, with War saw threatened from three sides, un- doubtedly remains serious and every thing depends on the ability of the Poles to keep up their tactics. It is considered significant in mili- tary circles that the Moscow wireless has been unusually silent today.
 Poles Recapture Radzyn1in WARSAW, Aug. 17.-A feature of the fighting on the Warsaw front is the struggle for possession of Radzymin, northeast of the capital At last ac- counts the Poles had retaken it in a counter stroke today and had pushed the bolsheviki northeastward The Poles now are holding a line about a mile on the other side of the town, which has been pretty well shot up by bolshevik artillery.
 Radzymin has changed hands four or five times. The reds in this sector are using infantry. numerous machine guns, artillery and cavalry.
 Poles Win Strategic Positions PARIS, Aug. 17.-Efforts by the Poles to push back the bolsheviki have resulted in the capture of important the Poles faced an extremely critical situation with the red center virtually reaching the outer forts of the cap- ital. On the right the soviet have cap- tured the Pultusk- Serock bridgehead, driving the Poles from the fork of the Narew and the Bug.
 Sunday however, the Poles launched counter offensive from Novo Geor- gievsk, clearing the north bank Of the Narew. and yesterday they recaptured the Serock bridgehead. Operations are proceeding against the Pultusk forts.
 The bolsheviki abandoned consider able booty.
 World Waits for Minsk
 WARSAW, Aug. 17.-Reports of Polish military successes came TO Warsaw today while the population was eagerly awaiting news from the peace meeting at Minsk. The only re- ports of the delegates was Moscow wireless message saying they had reached Minsk.
 A successful counter offensive was launched on the warsaw front Monddy under leadership of President Pilsud- ski as commander in chief On the northern front, where 10 bol- shevik divisions are striking toward the Vistula and on the Warsaw front it was announced today that the reds have been driven back at several points, Polish movements aided by heavy artillery forcing the bolsheviki gradually to withdraw from places where for days pressure upon the cap ital has been greatest. In the fighting near Radzymin, northeast of Warsaw, the Poles took many prisoners, includ- ing bolshevik commisar and brigade commander. During the battle Polish chaplain, Ignacy Korupa, was killed while leading the attacking forces clad in his church robes and with crucifix in his hand. Five Polish officers also were killed and Il wounded.
 French tactics are being used The Poles are bringing into play batteries placed for the capitals defense lines and are awaiting completion of the ar engagements to strike at the Polish war office with infantry followed by ar tillery attacks.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Two of the six destroyers ordered to Mediter- ranean waters, the Fox and the kane1 will sail from Philadelphia Aug 21. They will be followed by the cruiser St. Louis Sept 8.