The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-24
POLAND IS
VIRTUALLY
FREE now
OF BOLSHE
Russians Retreat Over En.
tire Line; Prisoners
Total so, 900

LONDON, Aug. z<--Iho RuoG10
defeat In Poland 10 20 complete ~
overwhelming that there 10 no pnss
stbility Of the Bolsheviki reform1ng
their shattered armies on Polish tess
ritory. press dispatches declared -
day.
The prediction vas unadA dat N
Red troops would b elected fSoD
the occupied areas before the - -
the week.
PRISONERS NOW
TOTAL se.eoe
In addition to the great num1cEu
Of prisoners and hues stores q go
teriAis taken. the Poles have foroo1
10000 Boisheyiki to take refuso -
East PrussiA whore they viii ~ -
termed.
According 70 unofficial infurnop
ton the Poles vfli utiliss the No1
prisoners IN rehabflitating Tie r61h
wsys from KonigsberY 70 Benin,
whsse they cross Polish territory.
The Polish general STAN. In -
scribing the Russian defeat 6e66r0
Warvaw. asserted. that l1o, ,o0o. rul60
wers opposed By $4,000. rsday -
th.t : third q ths latter vsss' o. -
| prisoner. ~ 1e q
A correspondents q ~ xouo
Post. relating dctAila. of. M =
Of Brestslitovsk ~ Ffl3f$
sized the superiority o. the Il1S
artillery. He added that the Puoo6
were extremely bitter Against -
Jewish battalions OF the Polish 49,
who remaineo IN Brest- Litovuk AniEs
ing the ROo0n occupation. doconEo
ing they fs1DI1nixed with The ensoun
RED RETREAT
VERY DRSORDERLY
Serious outbreaks against he JdUh
ish soldiers were feared.
Frantic efforts Of the BoIsnsvlno
to extrtcatc themselves from tha e4nD
north OF Warsaw has resulted d =
disorderIy retreat, unofficial advie6u
reported General Haller's army -
cut the last line OF railway oom1.os
nicauon. forcing the reds to ahandoo
most OF their artillery and tranopoOe,
Polish cavalry detachments aro 60
stantly at the heels Of the floelu,n
Russians and low flying airplAnto
add to their panic with machino gun
fire. -Four Bolshevik divisions wpfo
said to have been completely w1poo
out in this area through priso0oeo
and casualties. .l.~a
The Bolsheviki already have evne.
uated Lomxa Cs5 miles north and go
Of warsawl and Polish occunas3oa
Of Bjelostok di0 miles northeast oe
Warsaw and less than 80 miles south
Of the Bolshevik headquarters e
Grodno,. was expected hourly.
BRITISH SQUADRON
ORDERED 10 DANZI0
A Copenhagen dispatch today -
ported that British squadron hoo
been ordered to Dandg, where CGrs
man workmen have proclaimed q
Soviet" and refused to permit I'M
loading OF munitions from Frouch
warships intended for the poDsu.
British Commissioner Tower, sayine
he would not be responsible for -
velopments II forcible unloading
were attempted. had asked for milf
tary and naval reinforccmcnts.
Meantime General wrangel's dou.s
BILE offensive in Crimea and the DON
region was continuing successfully
and a news agency dispatch said hie
prisoners now total 5000. He has
completely liberated the left hank ce
the Dnciper and occupied the Black
sea coast in the vicinity OF Kuban
An ant. Bolshevik movement in
Ukrania. has led to the belief that
linking UP Of wrangel's forces
with the Polish army in the Czerno.
vitz region. on the extreme southern
end OF the present Polish. Russian
front. is possible. uprisings against
the Soviets were also reported in tho
CaucasuA