Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-05
REDS HELD BY POLES
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of the River Nuretz. In the direction
of Siedlce we have broken the enc
my's fierce resistance. In the Tarna-
pol and Chartkoff regions we are
uriving back the Poles to the River
Stripa."
Crossing OF Bug River.
PARIS, August 5.-Russian bolshe-
vik forces have crossed the River Bug
on a wide front northwest of Brest-
Litovsk. where a great battle is be-
ing fought, says a dispatch from
Warsaw. quoting an official statement
issued at the Polish capital last night.
On the northern sector OF the front.
where the soviet armies have been
plunging ahead in an effort to reach
the corridor connecting Poland with
the Baltic, the Poles are said to have
won local successes. The statement.
which covered the events of yester-
day. would seem to indicate the boil
shevik advance in the region OF
Mlawa has been checked. Temporal
rily, at least. In the Sereth river sec
tor. eastern Galicia, the Poles have
been successful. it is said. The text
of the communicate follows:
South of the Bug river from
Drohiczyn, as far as Brest-Litovsk,
heavy fighting is going on.
"In the region of Janow, northw est
of Mlawa, our troops attacked boil
shevlk troops which had succeeded in
crossing to the south bank of the
river and the struggle against enemy
cavalry continues. A detachment of
Gen. LuoZynskis forces defeated the
18th Soviet Division which had
crossed Narew near Drosedow. taking
500 prisoners. cannon and 400 rail-
road cars. Heavy fighting continues
between the Narew and Bug rivers
along the line through Samrov. Jab-
lloni and Ciechanowiec. Near the lat
ter town. which is northwest of
Siedlce, the first division of Lithua-
MAN and Ruthenian troops took 200
prisoners. machine guns and the
wagon train of an infantry regiment
in a violent counter attack.
"In the region of Brody. northeast
of Lemberg, aViators report the en-
envy is retreating and being pursued
by our troops. Along the Sereth river
sector Polish troops have taken i'm
portant booty. Further south. near
Miklicze. our troops are heavily en-
gagged with the enemy, who is trying
, to advance westward at any cost"
PARIS. August (by the Associated
Press) 1.-The French military ad-
visers at Warsaw have reported to
the government here that the prime
objective of the bolshevik army oper-
ating against the Poles at the mo-
ridor. including Danzig. rather than
the capture of Warsaw, which they
say would follow soon afterward.
The cutting of the corridor also
would mean the severing of the one
direct railroad line extending from
DanZig to Warsaw over which the
vast bulk Of munitions for the Polish
army is arriving, and also the other
railroads running from Danzig into
! Poland. The bolshevik cavalry was
less than thirty miles from this rail-
road last Tuesday.
The eXDertS add that the hnlshoyiki
are boasting that they will offer the
| territory of the Polish sea corridor
! to Germany. as the bolsheviki do not
recognize the treaty of Versailles.
The Bug river line. Poland's Marine.
has gone almost without fight, COM
! polling the Poles to make a rapid
retreat and shorten their front, which
some of the military experts believe
will be likely to bring the POLES to
| the Vistula and San rivers aud in
volve the abandonment OF half the
country to the invaders.