Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-08-27


says a dispatch TO the Berlingsse IL
dende from Warsaw
KOenigsberg. East Prussia. Aug. "a.
Seven thousand Russian sos,el sei'
diers with their equipmenl nave
crossed the German frontier in the re.
gion OF Wiilenberg. East Prussia. They
were disarmed and interned
Warsaw, Aug. 24.-The process ~
bottling up the Russian troops on the
northern front between Prussia aiid
the Vistula has been Completed at-
cording to an official stat nent. The
Poles have closed the gateway o. es'
cape. taking prisoners aud material IN
such quantities IL is Impossible ~
count them.
One Polish infantry division alone
took 600 prisoners and 16 guns.
The soviet forces which have been
menacing Lemberg from tile east anu
south have commenced TO retreat tln-
der pressure. due, the statement SAYS
to the continued Polish advance along
tie entire central and northern fronts.
At one time General Budenny. the so
Wet cavalry leader was within nine
miles Of Lelnberg. but has Deeli
| thrown back in a southwesterly dtrec-
tion. All the Russians in this region
are in full retreat.
Twenty-Five cannon were taken
during the advance on the centrtt
front under the personal command 81
President Pllsudski. the Poles Ooeu9w
| ing Zambrov and Mazowizeck, south
east of Lomza. and crossing the line
of the Narew south of Bialystok. 120
miles northeast OF Warsaw. The Rus
sian retreat continues In the general
direction of Grodno and eastward.
Polish forces were endeavoring 10
cut off the retreat of four Russian
soviet armies or force them into
German territory. On the extreme
Polish left the soviet cavalry was de-
fcated and driven out of Soldau and
the regions occupied by the Russians
in the north Vlstula area between
Thorn and Plock.
Paris, Aug. 24.-The number of Rus
sian soviet prisoners captured in the
Polish counteroffensive will amount %
75. 1000. according to Warsaw advices
to the French foreign office.
Soviet Russian armies which in
vaded Poland and threatened 20 cap
ture Warsaw appear to be on the eve
of complete disaster. says the Warsaw
correspondent of the Matin. He quotes
Gen. Weygand as saying Poland VIII
| be the grave of three-fourths Of the
boIshevik army" Two Polish cavalry
divisions are advancing toward BiHly-
stok for the evident purpose Of cutting
off the retreat Of soviet troops operat-
ing TO the north of Warsaw.
Retirement of Russian forces from
the city of Brest-Litovsk was officially
admitted in a statement issued in Mos
COW and received by wireless.
Warsaw. Aug. 24.-Polish forces
have taken the town of Grudsk. about
twelve miles north of Ciechanow and
have cut off retreat of the bolsnevik
forces northwest and north of this
city by the way of Mlawa and Przas-
nysz.
The Eighteenth Polish division, which
has been attacking Ciechanow. has
been met by desperate resistance on
the part of enemy detachments cover
| ing the retreat Of the Fourth soviet
army. which last week advanced along
| the Prussian frontier until Il threat
ened the Polish defenses along the Yis-
tula river. After capturing Clechanow
the Poles advanced rapidly northward
snd succeeded in cutting the only di-
rect line railway running eastward
from the soviet positions.
Volunteer Polish divisions are now
attacking Przasnysz.
Authorities announced that the
Poles captured $4,000 prisoners today
in their counterattack against the bo,-
sheviki Many guns. thousands Of RI
fes. hundreds Of machine guns and
munitions carts and a great number
Of horses also have fallen into their
hands. Thousands are thought t. be
cut Off in the forests awaiting an OPP
portunity to surrender.
Among the 300 boIshevik soldiers
killed In the fighting az Mlawa were
found. it Is claimed, a German Office.
and several German soldiers.