Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-20
500 MACHINE GUNS,
so CANNON TAKEN
FROM BO[SHEWSTS
Big Counteroffensive, Led
by General Pilsudski, Is
On in Full Swing.
POLES RETAKE PLONSK,
PULTUSK AND WYSKOW
Reported the Soviet Forces Are
Evacuating Fortified Town \
of Brest-Litovsk. IS
RETREAT ALL ALONG LINE
Many Thousands OF Reds Are POUR
Ing Into Warsaw, but as Cap
tives OF Poles.
POLES RETAKE PLONsK,
PULTUSK AND WYSKOW
RETREAT ALL ALONG LINE
Many Thousands of Reds Are Pour.
Ing Into Warsaw, but as Cap
tives OF Poles.
tBy Associated Press.1

WARSAW. August 1o.-The Polish
offensive is now in full swing. More.
than 10000 prisoners. thirty cannon
seo machine guns and thousands OF
supply carts hevc been captured from
the Bolshevists.
The Poles have occupied Plonsk..
Pultusk and Wyskow. through which
the Feds drove In their swcep to-.
wards the capital.
owing to the Polish pressure from
the northeast 1t is reported that thh;
Bolshevists are withdrawing their.
forces which reached the yistula.
souhh Of the Prussian border. and to!
the northwest of Warsaw. IS
; Inc warsaw sector Is rapidly be-
Ing cleared OF the Bolshevists. North
ano northwest OF the capital the Reds
are being showed back by the Poles
VINO are following them up all along
the 'front.' using artillery in such
quantities as to cause great confusion:
among the invaders, who now arc On
the run. - -
Soviet prisoners are pouring ,ntn;
warsaw In such numbers that is Isl
becoming problem how to care for
them. ~
Soviet forces are evacuatinr Rrest.
LitoVsk. the strongly fortified town
on the Bug River. 100 miles of war
saw. according to advices received
hero tonight. -
Three Divisions AnnfhiInted.
The Fifty-scventh, Fiftv.eipbth ~
Eighth Bolshevist divisions on tha
saw front, have been annihilated.
me hussians lost their bearings In
shs 20 meet attacks on all sides
rom the Polish columns on their
n"hhs' the statement adds. The Poles.
con uins their advance, have occp-
pied haluscyn, thirty-hve miles east
OF warsaw; Seidloe. ffty-seven miles
east or the capital: NIllzyrzec, twenty
mics southeast OF SiedIce and wiz.
Java on the Bug River, 125 mileal
southeast OF Warsaw.
10 the east tho Bolsheyists a,e 70.
ported to be retreating acrosa the Rn,,
at various points. ?
IN their counterattacks tho Po,asj
are using tanks. airplanes, armorod
trains and artillery in great numbersE
Al NoVo Minsk. east of Warsaw ana
serock. to the northeast, 5000 pris-
oner, seven cannon, huldreds -
wagons and vast quantities of sup
Ples have been captured from the
Bolshevisis. 'he
me Bolshevise retreat north and
east of Warsaw. whsre the Soviet
torces are closely driven by tba
pfoies: nf:: became rout OF some plaees
Poles Advancing ON Graudenx
Northwest OF Warsaw, the Russian
troops, who met resistance at wilcox =
lawek. where they had designed TO
cross the Vistula. bombarded W1oek.
iawek Tor hours. the shells damag-
palace.
The Poles are advancing on Gran
aenz. West Prussia. in full force. On
the left wing. strong Polish cavalry
torces are moving against Ttorn
from the south. where the Rusrjana5
are expected to cross the yistn,a
heavy lighting between the Poles
ana Russians Is reported before Cog,
lershausen. -