Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23
RETREAT CUT OFF;
GREAT DISASTER IS
FACED BY RUSSIANS
Soviet Prisoners Already Taken
Said 20 Number
Over $4,000.
POLES ARE CLOSING
AVENUES OF ESCAPE
~ A.socla,ed Press " gvsry KvsninT

By Associated Press - Every Evening
Washington, Aug. 23-Poland hss
been cautioned by the American govern-
ment not 20 permit her armies in ther
present counter Offensive against TIC
Russian Bolsheviki % advance beyond ins
ethnopsphical boundaries Of Poland.
Warsaw. Aug. 2s.--The process n
bottling up the Russian forces On The
northern front between Prussia and no
Vistula river has been completed, acoord-
ing 20 an official statement iesued todar,
The Poles have oiosed The gs'evAy N
escape, taking prisoners and rnater7sis "a
such quantities that Il - impossible 20
count them.
Polish forces last nigh. were sndesvor-
ing % cut of the retreat q four Russian
Soviet armies or force them mo Cerrne,
territory One % the extreme Polish l~f',
the Soviet cavalry was defensed snd driven
out OF Soldsu and the regions occupied ~
the Russians in the north Nis.rls ares
between Thorn and Pook.
Paris. Aug. 23.-Tbe number ~ s--irs
prisoners captured in the Polish c>nrfe-
offensive viii amount ~ IS ,00O, s,cording,
20 Warsaw advices 20 the French FOREIGN
Office today.
Most on the $4,000 prisoners slr-sdvi
counted were captured an the perritcrv
northwes, Of Warsaw, including the Dan
zig corridor, by the army under command
Of the French Genersl Bill0fte. Ihi.
army il composed Of German trained men
Of Posen.
Another Polish army under command ~
the French General Henry = s<r1siny
towards Bilaysto1 from Warsaw, c'ltfasg
off the BolshevSk retreat
a third Polish column under Prs-rden.
Pilsudski already hss passed Bre-tirtov-<
cutting of theBolshevik Galician army.
The French Foreign Office announced
today that General Weygand now - cnief
Of the Polish staff, with fuii power, and
that most of the 900 French o'ficrrs N
Poland are actually participating N the
/ fighting.
The Polish peace delesate- ~ Minsk
| have reoor,ed that the SOVIET repre-
/ sentsfives are increasing in severity the
/ published peace terms. demanding now
! that 200 0p0 Polish worsmsn be gwen the
arms the Bolsheviki hope the Polish army
1 will lay down.
Warsaw. Aug. 22.-Podsh for-- have
I taken the town of GrEinusk, about u
miles north OF Ciechan0w. and have cllt N
/ the retreat of Boishevik forces northwest
| and north OF this city by the way oi Mia~s
and Przasnvsz.
The eighteenth Polish division. which
/ has been attacking CIecnanow. has been
met bv desperate resistance on the part %
enemy detachments covering tne RETREAT
| OF the fourth Soviet army which last
week advanced along the Prusslan iron-
tier until il threatened the Polish de-
! lenses along the VIstula rivef After cap
turing Ciechanow, the Poies advanced
RAPIDLY northward and cut the only direct
line Of railroad running eastward rom
the Soviet positions.
/ Volunteer Polish divisions no- are
attacking Przasnysz.
The Bolsheviku attempted 20 reraSe
/ Brest-IItovsk but were repulsed.
Thousands Of reds are Thought - oe cut
of in the forests awaiting opportunity %
surrender. The Poles have captured 55,-
600 prisoners and many guns
The American consulate, winch moved
from Warsaw % Grsudenz when Warsaw
was threatened, now is IN Danng.
The Foreign Office announces tnat
Poland will not accept the S0vlss terms
presented 10 the Polish peace delesates az
/ Minsk.
/ ConrfnEed on pE.s 10