WAR ON THE REDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 196, 14 May 1920, Page 7

WAR ON THE REDS

•. $ UKRAINIANS OCCUPY ODESSA POLES WITHSTAND VIOLENT COUNTER-ATTACKS (By Telegraph-Press Assooiation-Oopyriffbt London, Slay 12. An official dispatch' states .that the Ukrainians have occupied Odessa. Warsaw reports state that on May 10 the Bolsheviks recrossed the Dnieper, and, reinforced by fresh troops from tho north and south, violently attacked the Polish positions defending the approaches to JCieK. The Polos maintained their positions, capturing two battalions. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Kieff.—Reuter. FIRST PHASE OF OFFENSIVE ENRED A RAPID MARCH. (Rcc. May 13, midnight.) Warsaw, May 13. The first phase of the Polish- offensive has ended. The success was due to the extraordinary rapidity of the infantry march an advance of G2 miles being mado in thirty hours, encircling a big Bolshevik' force, • including a. Chinese brigade which fought bravely until almost exterminated—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . MUNITIONS FOR POLAND THAMES DOCKERS REFUSE TO HANDLE THEM. ' <Rec. May 13. midnight.) London, May IS. i Tho Thames dockers refused to com- : plete the loading of aeroplanes, guns, : and ammuntion on the steamer Polly i George when they learned that the > material -was destined for Poland for s use against Russia. The owners agreed ; to discharge the munitions and accept > only general cargo. Tho dockers then I resumed . work.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. | DISEASE-STRICKEN~ PETROGRAD • FOOD PRICES BEYOND IMAGINA- , TION. 3 .London, May 12. > A representative of tho, Paris "Excelior" has returned after an «shaustive j tour in Russia. "Ho declares that 300,000 t people died in Petrograd of typhiis last 3 winter. Most of the public buildings . were converted into hospitals. Seven 9 hundred thousand people were reduced to eating herbs and grass, and the price J of food was'-beyond imagination.—Reuter.