The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
REDS DESPERATELY TRYING ID ESCAPE
 FROM POLE CLUTCH
B0lshevilI Losses In North 1000 In Two Days, With Whole Army Apparent
 ly Caught In Trap
By Associated Press

New York, August 23.--HerhcrI
 Hoover has directed the America.
 relief administration, of which he I.
 the head. to spend $500, ,O0O In car
 ing for war refugees in Poland, in
 addition to sums necessary to con
 tinuc feeding a million Polish chill
 dreu. The American committee foI
 the defense Of Poland announced tonight that it had received tcle-
 gram to this effect from MT.
 Hoover.
 KoeniGsburR, East Prussia, Au-
 gust 23.-Seven thousand Russian
 soviet soldiers, with their equip
 mcnt, have crossed the German
 frontier In the region of Willen-
 berg, East Prussia. They were dis
 armed and informed.
 Copenhagen, August 23.--The
 Poles have recaptured Bialystok.
 after desperate resistance by the
 boisbevii>i. says Il dispatch to the
 Berlinsske Tidendc from Warsaw.
 Paris. August 23.---A wireless
 message was received here from
 Moscow today. declaring that in-
 nsmuch as France is not in a state
 of war with Russia, any French
 officer taken prisoner on the
 Nhrsaw front will he shot sum-
 mariiy, IntranslgeaDt says.
 Warsaw, August 23.- Russian holshevii forces are in action virtually along th whole line in an effort to save the rem rant of the red army, but they have s far been easily frustrated by the Poles. On the north, there is heavy fighting h the region of Mlawa and Soidau. Force, to face two Polish armies, one advancin from Modlin and the other from Grau dens, tn. bolsheViki are making desper ate efforts to ex:ricate their advanc guard, some Of whten ventured as far a Eylau and PlorsK. The red losses i prisoners in this region have amounted [ II 900 in the past two days
 The attempt of the reds to brea the Polish lines on the Przasnysh- -Makov Rozany road and cross the Narew rive has completely failed Polish troops ad vancing up the right bank of the Narev threw back the boishevllIi to the nortf Meanwhile, the main body of the Pole, from Warsaw occupied all tn territory in the fork of the Bug ana tn Narew.
 ONLY ONE CHANCE ' The oniy chance nt the bolsheviil is open passage in he direction of Os trolenka and Lomza, so as to get throug to Balystok and Grodno The Polls troops, accordingly are hastening thei march towards Ostrolenka and Lomzs while the Polish cavalry, which ha reached the upper waters of the Narev has already cut the road between Lomz nd Bialystok.
 The battle now beginning on the mid de Narew Is likely to decide the fate C all the red forces between the Narew an the Prussian frontier. Red troops, com prising infantry and cavalry. are maxim a bold thrust in he direction of Brod and Lemberg. Farther north bolshevik detaching from Lutsk am Vladimir VolnslSy. tried to force a pas age of the Bug before Puubreszov, bu were hurled back. The fate befell tn reds who appeared in the region of Lem berg
 The UEranian regimentJ which are stil on their old positions tons the Stryp; have successfully repeHed all attempt of the reds and maintsfned their origina lines on the extremetright. In the cen ter. the Polish troops which occupied are digging in on the east ern border of yo.esia. It is expected thai daring plan of the bolsheviki agains
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