Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-19
RED ARMIES FLEE;
!. 10 MILES EAST Of
POLAND'S CAPITAL
Soviet Forces Evacuate
Strong Fortress of Brest-
lit0vSk.
POLES TAKE 5000 MEN
WITH VAST SUPPLIES
Russian Forces Reported Advanc-
ing in Direction Of
Lemberg.

BY the Associated Press.

WARSAW, August Io (by the
Associated Press).-The 57th, 5sth
and Sth bolshevik divisions on
the Warsaw front have been an
initiated. and thousands of soviet
soldiers made prisoner, tonight's
cfhcial statement says.
The Russians lost their bear.
ings in trying to meet attacks on
all sides from the Polish columns
On their flanks, the statement
adds. The Poles, continuing their
advance, have occupied Kalu-
scyn. thirty-five miles east of
warsaw; Siedlce, fifty-seven
miles east Of the capital; Mil
zyrzec, twenty miles southeast
Of Siedice, and WIodawa, on the
Bug river, LIS miles southeast of
Warsaw.
WARSAW, August 1s.-Soviet
forces are evacuating Brest-Litoysk,
the strongly fortified town on the
Bug river. 120 miles east of Warsaw,
according to advices received here
tonight.
Polish successes on all fronts. with
the exception Of the southern battle
sector. where the Russian soviet
forces are advancing in the direction
of Lemberg, are reported in the Off :
cial statement on fighting operations
issued tonight.
Soviet prisoners are pouring into
Warsaw in such numbers that il is
becoming problem how to care for
them.
Reds Flee In Panic.
WARSAW, August 17.-Russian
soviet forces are fleeing in a lieor-
derby panic along the front between
the Vistula and Bug rivers, where the
Poles are advancing with extraordi-
nary success. says an official state
ment issued here
In their counter attack to relieve
bolshevik pressure upon Warsaw the
Poles are using tanks, airplanes.
armored trains and artillery in great
numbers. ,'s'ap7 -7-
Serock, to the northeast, 5000 prison.
ers. seven cannon. hundreds of wagons
and vast quantities of supplies have
been captured from the bolsheviki. the
statement declares. The bolshevik re-
treat north and east of Warsaw. where
the soviet forces are closely driven by
the Poles. took the semblance of rout
at some places, the communique re-
ports. On the extreme left of the
Polish line. however, and in the region
of Lemberg soviet advances are re-
corded.
Northwest of Warsaw the Russian
troops, whr met resistance at Wlocla-
wek, wherf they had designed to cross
the VistYd a. bombarded Wlocklawek
for hours. the shells damaging the
cathedral and the bishops palace.
Poles Capture Lukow.
PARIS. August 19.-Lukow. a city
about forty-one miles southeast of
Warsaw and twelve miles south of
Siedlce. has been captured by Polish
troops in their counter attack against
the left wing of the bolshevik army
before the Polish capital, says the
Warsaw, correspondent of the news
paper Excelsior. His dispatch. which
was sent on Tuesday night, declares
the bolshevik right wing also is in
bad situation.
The maneuver executed by the
Poles in their counter attack was an
exceedingly daring one, the corre-
spondent declares. 1t consisted in
concentrating heavy columns OF
troops and delivering a surprise at
tack against the flank of the main
bolshevik army. 1t was completely
successful. because of the ability
of the Polish infantry in marching,
and he asserts that very important
consequences" of the plan are ex-
pected.
Fierce Fight, London Hears,
LONDON. August 19.-Fierce fight-
ing is continuing in the region of
Warsaw and Novo Georgieysk. the
strong fortress about nineteen miles
northwest of Warsaw at the con-
ffuence of the Vistula and Bug rivers.
according TO Wednesdays official
statement issued by the soviet gov
ornment at Moscow.
In the Crimean sector engagements
are going on with -indecisive results.
the statement says.