Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-30
REDS STRIKE BACK
At POLISH ARMY;
TAKEF0UR TOWNS
Pi|sudski Digs In to Meet
New Assaults of the
Enemy.
WARSAW FEELS CERTAIN
LINE WILL CHECK FOE
Bolsheviki Seeking to Force North
Armies Across Frontier
Into Germany.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1920.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1920.
ALLENSTEIN, East Prussia. August
20 (delayed).-After attaining bril-
liant successes in driving back the
! soviet 4th Army along the German
frontier, Poland's northern army is
towo-Bialystok to meet the shock Of
the Russian counter offensive from
Grodno.
From every point on the front today
came flashes of news regarding an
impending Russian attack. The from
tier police are prepared to meet the
Poles on the outskirts of Augustowo.
The Russians seem to be planning to
play the same game on the Poles as
they had played on themselves last
week. Working toward the south
east, they apparently intend circling
the Polish position and forcing the
Poles across the German frontier
The Poles are rapidly building up
half a dozen lines of defense. The
movement of soviet soldiers and Rus
sian refugees across the frontier
dwindled today, but at several points
fhe police reported scattered parties
disarmed and interned.
Reds Have Polish Loot.
It is reported that the loot of Polish
homes is being brought into Germany
by the Russians. The story is denied
everywhere. but heard of one dapper
officer boasting that he had just bought
a splendid Polish horse for fifty marks
(normally $12.50).
Polish officers are optimistic as to
the outlook for future operations.
They believe that they have strength
ened their lines sufficiently to meet
counter offensive even by greatly re-
inforced enemy. They expect that the
Russians will carry the offensive into
the marshy country south of Au'
gustowo. 1t is believed that the re-
newed fighting will bring another surge
of refugees across the German from
tier, causing further congestion in the
camps that are already overfowing.
sovfets Take Four Towns.
LONDON. August so (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-Russian soviet forces
the Poles east of Brest-Litovsk have
occupied four villages in that vicin-
ity. Near Lemberg there is heavy
fighting going on, and in the Vlodava
and Grubeshoff regions there is local
fighting. This information was re-
ceiyed here this morning in a Wire
less dispatch from Moscow contain
ing an official statement issued there.
The bolsheviks have captured fort
a mile and a half from Brest-LltoVsk.
says a dispatch to the Daily Herald
from Minsk, dated Saturday. The
message declares that the reds are
gathering strength for new Of
fensive.
Bv Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1920.
WARSAW. August 90 (via Paris,
August 3O). - While successful in
overcoming the bolshevist danger in
the north, the Poles still find them
selves unable to check the flying di-
visions of Gen. Budenny, the great
est military leader the war in this
part of Europe has produced. His
advance continues to harass the
Polish armies in the south, which.
first in the vicinity of Lemberg. then
in the region of east Galicia, and
then again near Lublin. are attacked
with surprising force by the mounted
bolsheviks.
By the time the Polish defenses
have been determined and orders for
counter attacks have been given.
Gen. Budennys cavalry has already
disappeared like phantom, only to
bob up again at new point on the
front. Although the red leader
probably does not know the express
sion, keep your opponent guessing"
he has the rules of that art down pat
and has shown himself past master
in applying them.
Menaces Railroad Line.
Just now he is in the neighborhood
of Lubin with an army which, accord
ing to the sources of information,
varies in number from 5000 to $4,000.
Several towns east of Sokal have been
occupied by him, and he is now dan
gerously close to the main Warsaw
Lemberg railroad. If he succeeds in
cutting it he will deprive Lemberg~of
it's principal line of communication
with the outside world.
AS a result, the Poles are reversing
their strategy of three weeks ago,
when they withdrew a large part of
their southern forces to reinforce the
Warsaw defenses. Now they are send
ing their best artillery and cavalry
southwark to end, if possible, the
meteoric career of the Cossack leader.
The next few days may see some vio-
lent fighting between the opposing
cavalry in the vicinity of Lubin and
Lemberg.