CLOSING IN ON PETROGRAD
A PINCERS MOVEMENT.
LONDON, ""--'h May (delayed). . A wireless messa -jni Moscow states that Finnish troops :'.ra- landing on the East Coast of Lake Ladoga. The Finnish operations in the Olonetx region, .coupled with the operations on the southern coast of the Gulf oF Finland, indicate that the enemies of the Bolshevik ■ Government intend to develop a pincers movement, squeezing Petrograd from the east and west. . LONDON, oOth May. • The War Office reports that Russian infantry has occupied Povienetz, at the northern extremity of Lake Onega. The Bolsheviks, before evacuating the position, removed all males over fourteen years of age.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 128, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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104CLOSING IN ON PETROGRAD Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 128, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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