The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-18
RUSSIANS
IN ROUT!
Polish Forces Sweep Reds
Out of Danzig Corridor.
SOVIET REPORT
ADMITS LOSSES
Danger to Warsaw Temporarily
Over, Advices Say.
Bolsheviki Fall Back Ten to Fif.
teen Miles in Confusion. !
mo COMMUNICATION LINES
Soviet Forces Banked All on
Capture of Capital.
Morale of Lenine's Army Low
in Face of Bullet Hail.
Danger to Warsaw Temporarily
Over, Advices Say.
BOlsheviki Fall Back Ten to Fifs
teen Miles in Confusion. !
mo COMMUNICATION LINES
Soviet Forces Banked All on
Capture of Capital.
Morale of Lenine's Army Low
in Face of Bullet Hail.

Moscow. Aug. 1s.-(By Wireless via
thru our lines to the northward," the
Russian official communique said to-
day
(Thls evidently refers to the Polish
claim that the Russians have been
elected from the Danzig corridor).
"Our new offensive has resulted in
recapture of Cienchanof (fifty miles
northwest of warsaw.)
ITO the southeast we occupied
Hrublesof ESQ miles north of Lem
berg) and other villages"
Paris. Aug. 1s.-The Polish counter
offensive. with Thorn as its base, has
successfully cleared the Danzig cor
ridor of Russian troops, according to
a report received from the French
mission in Poland today.
The Polish forces are still driving
eastward. the report says
The counter offensive also has COM
pleteIy disengaged Graudenz (sixty
miles south of Danzig on the vistnla).
BoIsheviId in Rout.
London, Aug. 1s-The BoIshevik re-
coil from Polish counter attacks in
several sectors had begun to assume
proportions of a rout according to
latest advices from various sources to-
day. Only stubborn resistance at
critical points had enabled the Rus
sian forces to prevent annihilation of
their retreating divisions.
Bolsheviki withdrawal measures
more than ten miles at points and in
the vicinity of Cierchanof fifty miles
north and west of Warsaw the Poles
advanced IS miles on a 20 mile front.
Danger Temporarily Over.
All unofficial advices from Warsaw
declare the red danber" is tempor-
ariiy over and that the city's imper-
filed defenses have been restored
The attack on NovogorgievsS was
stopped at the outer forts A shrap-
mel barrage tore great gaps In the
ranks of the advancing Reds. They
came dogged1y on until within ma
chine gun range. when a hailstorm OF
bullets moved them down in great
windrows. As they crumpled and be-
gan to give way. the Polish infantry
charged. bayonetting the retreating
Russians. The withdrawal became a
rout and Polish cavalry. taking up the
pursuit. drove the soviet forces back
ten miles before they could reform
their ranks.
North of Lublin Goo miles south Of
Warsaw the Bolsheviki were reported
to have been completely routed by a
surprise attack.
The latest communique from Mos
COW, however. declared the Poles had
been flung back at the point Of bayo-
nets northeast of Novogeorgievsk ian
important fortress at the junction Of
the rivers Vistula and Bug, s miles
northwest of Warsaw. following
fierce fighting. According to the COM
munique. several villages were occu-
pied by the Bolsheviki on the west
bank of the Vrka { a river flowing
southeastward from the old Russian
German frontier). which the Poles
claimed to have reca ptured-
Another dispatch to the Times from
Brussels said the Belgian cabinet had
definitely decided not to aid Poland,
pending the outcome OF I he peace
negotiations at Minsk. At the same
time. the Belgians ordered back two
munition trains which attempted 70
cross the frontier. enroute from
France to Poland.
Organized French Labor?
Before the British labor delegates
William Adamson, member Of parlia-
ment. and Harry Gosling. leader CT
the British transport workers-were
expelled from France, they were said
to have succeeded in reaching an
agreement with French workers on a
situation. Their announced object
was 10 organize in France a council
Of action similar TO tht in England,
which has the authority to call a gen-
erel strike il necessary to prevent war
being declared on Russia.
Expulsion Of AdamsOn and Gosling
from Paris caused z sensation in Brit
ish labor circles. Leaders declared
the action Of the French government
was silly and stupid"
Reds Are DisOrganized-
Warsaw. Aug. 1s.-Bolsheviki ad-
vancing into Poland march ahead
without any concern for their lines Of
communicst alton, according to state
ments of refugees gathered by the
Warsaw Gazette. They have thus lost
all touch with the bases Of operation
and refugees state they had not the
slightest difficulty in leaving their
villages. for there was nothing behind
the relatively thin BOlsheviki front
line. They declared it was possible 10
travel many miles without seeing q
single Rofehcz-fk eol1fer.