Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-09
POLES TAKE HILLS
SURROUNDING KEW
Prepared to Hold Ground
Should B0Isheviki Deliver
Counter Attacks.

WARSAW. May 8 tby the Assoc:a..
ed Press).-Polish army headuuar-
tiers received word today that Polish
cavalry reached kiev this morning
Hills north and south of the city
of kiev, from which the bolshevik
army was expected to defend the
city. were occupied by the Poles late
this afternoon. Artillery has been
placed in positions commanding Kiev.
Reinforcements have reached the
advanced forces of the Polish army,
which is prepared to hold the ground
captured should a counter attack be-
gin after the bolsheviki gather their
forces in the hills across the Dnieper
river to the east of kiev.
Scene OF Much Fighting.
During the last five years Kiev
has changed hands time and again
and has been the scene of much fight
ing. Although the city itself is not
fortified, the surrounding hills are
rugged with intrenchments Some
OF these were dug by the Russians in
1914. some by the Germans during
their occupation. and sti,l other in
trenchments at various points were
made by the forces OF Gen. Denikinp
The bolsheviki did their latest in
trcnchmcnt work during the present
occupation. and it was from these
tney Fought in the last few days while
the remnants of the 18th Bolshevik
Army were withdrawing across the
Dnieper. AS the battle for Kiev con-
tinued the Poles brought up additional
FORCES to strengthen the cavalry and
infantry which We're weared from
their 200-kilomet<r dash across Tx
raine.
Tells Of Polish Drive.
Cab:eErnm to The Star and the Chi
caxo Daily News. Copyright. 1890.
BERLIN. May s.-An official from
the Petlura government in Ukrainia,
VINO predicted that that country would
De the graveyard of the boisheviki
tells the following regarding the
Polish offensive: Seventy thousand
tkrainian soldiers. fitted out by Gen.
Petiura. with the aid of the Poles
and also some French and British
aid. are fighting beside the Poles and
advancing to the Liberation of their
country Ckrainia would have been
freed long ago but for ,hr mistaken
policy of the entente in supporting the
hopeless cZarist cause.
krainia is determined to be abso-
lutely Independent of the Russians
Poles and others The Polish and
Ikrainian army advanced with hardly
any show of resistance on the part
of the reds. who are much weakened
Reneraiiy. a Gafeian brigade broke
the red center. This brigade is the
same which once. upon the defeat OF
the Petlura forces by the combined
Poles. reds and DenikiEe's volunteers
deserted to Denikine and obtained a
great amount of equipment When
Denikine was routed they made pact
with the reds to be left alone in the
territory they occupied. When the
Ckrainian Poles advanced the Cali
clans joined with all their material
and went ahead with Il rush.
The offensive began about April 81
The tkrainians are passively receiv-
ing the advancing troops because they
are suspicious Of the Poles and will
not endure the occupation of their
country by them. The visiting official
says that there is now a great oppor-
tunity of bringing peace TO the world
by permitting the Ckrainians to or
ganiZe their republic and insisting
upon the Poles returning TO their own
country when the red menace is gone
The Ikrainians. he said, must he al
lowed to have their own army to as
sure the security of their land. OIL
else the peasants. who made it inn
possible for Gen. Denikine or the reds
to remain. will adopt the same guer-
rilia tactics against the Poles. He
added that during their last occupa-
ton the reds had behaved quite de-
Gently.