Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-29
BOLSHEV|K| NOT
ABLE To PIERCE
PODOL|A FRONT
Polish Line Stands Firm,
Despite Attacks BY Gas
Shells, Artillery, Armored
Trans and Boats.

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Warsaw, March 2S (by the AS
sociated Press The Polish line
is holding all along the front in
Podolla, whore the bolsheviki have
been eenteriug the attacks of their
big offensive in an effort to take
the important fortified city of
Kamentz-Po Podolsk, according to
the Polish headquarters eommu-
nique ISSUED today.
The enemy has been using gas
shells, artillery, armored trains.
armored river boats, airplanes
and cavalry in his attacks on vari-
Gus parts of the front, but he has
made no headway, according to the
statement although the fighting
has been furious.
on the northern front, the boil
sheviki attacked between the
rivers Dvina and Beresina. The
Poles counter attacked and drove
off the enemy.
In the region of Mozir, the boil
sheviki attacked after artillery
preparation. bringing a number Of
armored trains into action. The
communique announces that two
of these trains were destroyed.
Along the Dnieper river. the red
forces used n flotilla in the region
of Rechitsa. The fighting is eX-
tending toward KaIenkovitz in n
drive evidently aimed at the re-
capture of Mozir and its important
railway connections.
North and northeast of Kane
nets-P Podolsk the reds attacked
Deranzia with gas and artillery,
The railroad station was damaged.
In a daylight air raid, Proskirov
was bombed. The Poles, however,
held fast all along the line, 1t :
declared.
Warsaw. March 2S (by the AS
sociated Press) Polish armored
trains fought pitched battles
against the bolshevik monitors and
other fighting craft on the Pripet
river during the bolshevik thrust
which was designed to gain con-
| troll of additional links of the rail-
road extending from Homel to
Kalenkowicz and Mozir. The boil
I sheviki put down artillery prepa-
ration. which was followed by the
opening of barrage from the
river boats and infantry attacks.
The bolsheviki drive has been
unsuccessful, according to a COM
munication issued today. the
communication announces that the
Polish military authorities after
eight DAYS of fighting at various
points on a -kilometer front see
signs of weakness in the long
planned spring drive of the boil
sheviki, designed to break the hold
of the Poles upon the entire front.
The communication also reports
severe fighting in the region OF
Olensk and to the south along the
Slutch river, with both sides using
artillery extensively.
On the Podolian front there rs
| fighting along the railroad from
Ploskirow to Zoierynka. the boil
shevik having attacked. They
were driven back a few kilometers
in a northeasterly direction, how
ever. The Poles announce that
several of the bolshevih forma-
tions were annihilated.
During the recent fighting IN tne
swampy country in the region OF
Mozir the bolsheviki used long
range guns, say the newspapers,
arousing the local population,
which took up arms and aided the
Poles, defending the railroads and
the countryside. The bolshevikl
eventually were routed
1t is estimated that the locomo-
tives, rolling stock, armored boats
and other Pripet lakes craft seized
at Mozir are worth 5000, 100000
marks.