Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-26
POLES TAKEFORT
AFTER HARDF|GHT:
REDS SST|LLFLEE
Passage to Narew River Is
Forced by Victorious
Polish Army.
By. the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 26.-Polish troops
yesterday after hard fighting captured
the fortress Of Qstrolenka, twenty
two miles southwest OF I.omxa, and
forced a passage Of the Narew river,
the Central News Warsaw corre-
spondent today says it is officially
stated in the Polish capital.
Russian soviet troops surrounded
near Mlaws made a desperate attack
in order to break through. the corre-
spondent reports, a portion of the So
Wet army escaping to the eastward.
Farther east the Poles. after captur-
ing Bialystok,. are advancing on
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In eastern Galicia the soviet forces
are retreating on the whole front in
threatening them from the north. The
French general. Lanezan, is taking
command on the Polish southern front,
the correspondent says.
Reds Report Fierce Fight.
LONDON, August 26.-Fierce fight
ing in the Oriekhov district of the
Crimea, continually increasing in vio-
lence, is reported in the Russian soviet
official statement of Wednesday. re-
ceived here today by wireless. On the
Lemberg front the soviet cavalry has
penetrated the Polish rear and reached
the town of Stryi, the statement says.
On the northern front the soviet re-
treat continues. The statement reads:
In the Lomza and Bialystok re-
gions northeast of Warsaw we con-
tinue to conduct rear-guard actions.
We have occupied number of viii
fages north and east of Brest-Litovsk.
In the Cholna- region local fighting is
proceeding.
I'm the Lemberg region our cavalry
has broken through into the enemy
rear and reached Stryi town, where
they destroyed ten enemy trains
In the Crimean sector, in the Kher-
son region. as the result of successful
fighting in the last few days, we are
driving back the enemy to the south
and southeast. In the Orieknov re-
gion fierce fighting continues, with
growing intensity"
Berlin Is Gravely Concerned.
BERLIN. August 25 tby the Asso-
ciated Press).-Official quarters here
on the East Prussian frontier, along
the Russian line of retreat It was
estimated tonight that the number of
Russian soviet soldiers who have al
ready entered Germany exceeded
$4,000. Fifteen thousand crossed in
number is constantly increasing.
The border patrols are wholly in
capable of systematically disarming
and controlling the fugitives, who
willingly surrender their arms and
then calmly proceed to enter East
Prussia and beg food and shelter of
the natives.
Would Cut Reds Retreat.
WARSAW, August 2e.-The northern
Polish army is continuing to move up in
the region between Sierpo and Soldau,
near the East PrusSian border, and are
marching on Chorzellen, to the east Of
MlaWa, to cut off the retreat Of the re-
manning soviet forces.
In the center the Poles have occupied
Ostrolenka and Staviski, as well as
Kolno, and are marching on Ossowiec
In the south the Poles have retaken
Hrubieszow and the 6oth bolshevik divi-
sion around Lemberg is retreating to
the southeast.
Bring Up Red Reserves.
WARSAW. August 25.-Russian soviet
reserves are reported being brought up
According to information in the hands
of the Polish general. Haller, reserves
some distance behind the bolshevist
north front also are being brought up.
The military authorities expressed the
belief today that; although crushed In
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their offensive. with Lemberg as the OBJ
jective Regarding the northern soviet
offensive, Gen. Haller declared that the
Russian offensive there had been so
completely crushed that he considered it
impossible for the soviet forces to re-
sumo an organized movement against
the Poles for weeks and perhaps for
months.
Gen. Haller said there were indi-
cations that armies OF Russian work.
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rious points for possible use against
the Poles, and that these armies
might be thrown against the Poles at
any time. Gen. Haller said there also
were indications that the soviet
munition factories. under German