Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-26
ADVANCE CARRIED OUT
ON SIERPO-SOLDAU
BATTLE FRONT
FLEE INTO GERMANY
SIXTY THOUSAND BOLSAEVlkI
TROOPS SAID TO HAVE SOUGHT
REFUGE FROM CONQUERlNG
FOE IN EASTERN PRUSSIA
FIGHTING NEAR ORkIEV
,Bv the Associated Press


Warsaw. Aug 26.-Tho northern
Polish army is continuing to move up
in the region between Sierpo and
soldau. near the Fast Prussian border
off the retreat of the remaining soviet
and is marching on ChorzelIen TO cut
forces
In the center and the south the
poles are advancing.
$4,000 Reds Enter Germany.
Berlin. Aug. ri Official qquartors
here are gravely concerned over the
condition on the East Prussian from
teir along the Russian line OF rct'ett-
II was estimated lOniaht that the
number OF Russian soviet soldiers
who have already entered Germany
exceeded 60, 600.
The border patrols are wholly in
capable OF Systematically dlsarmln&
and controlling the fugltiyes who will
inglyl surrender their arms ana then
calmly proceed to enter Prussia ana
beg food and shelter OF the natives
Fierce Fighting in Crmea.
London August 26.-FierCe fighting
in the Orview district Of the Crimea
continually increasing in violence is
reported in the Russian soviet otl-
cial statement OF Wednesday. reCelY-
ed here today by wireless,
On the Lemberg front the soviet
cavalry has penetrated the Polish
rear and reached the town of Stryt
the statement says. On the northern
front the soviet retreat continues.
Reds Rush Up Reserves
Warsaw, Aug. 26 Russia soviet re-
serves are reported being brought up
on the southern front in great mum
bers.
According to information in the
hands OF the Polish General llalier,
reserves some distance behind the
holshevist north front also are being
brought up,
Retake Fortress.
London. Aug 2G-Polieh troops
yesterday after hard fighting cap
tl,red the fortress of Ostrolcnka,
twenty-five miles southwest OF l,om-
"a and forced passage Of the llar-
ew river. the Central News Warsaw
correspondent today says it is oitl-
cially stated in the Polish capital.
Break Thru Pole Ring.
Warsaw, Aug 2G,--Remnants OF the
fourth Bolsheviki army which was
cut aft by the Polish advance in the
region of KOlno, have succeeded in
cutting their way through to the east
after a battle lasting ten hours, ac-
cOrding to an official statement is
sued here The soviet troops carried
out a regrouping maneuyer and sue
ceeded in making their way out OF
the trap which had close upon them,
but at last accounts were surrounded
by more numerous forces Of the
fourth Polish army
On the central front the Poles have
carried ont Ranking movement to
the north and have occupied "A number
of towns.
Occupation of these towns with the
capture of Kolno completes the work
of forging a ring around the fifteen
Bolsheviki army.
In the maneuver which resulted in
the occupation Of IOmHa the Poles
took more than two thousand pris
onerS and nine cannon.
Warsaw Back to Normal,
Warsaw. Aug 26-WarsaW is rapid.
" assuming tie normal conditions of
two months ago Thousands who de-
parted having returned MI Of the
foreign legations are open again or
are prepared to open soon. The Amer
lean legation was one of the few for
eign bureaus which did not close.