RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 August 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

‘ ’ BRITISH occupv ODESSA. TWO DAYS.’ BOMBARDMENT BY 30 WARSHIPS. . ‘ Lo-NDON, Aug. 26. ‘A Bolsheviki wireless 'm6SSag’3 states: Thirty British warships bombarded Odessa. for two daYS- The British then effected a landing and occupied the town. THE PETROGRAD OFFENSIVE. HELSINGFORS, Aug. 26. It is improbable that the Finns will participate in the Petrograd offensive The Esthonians decline to assist unless the Allies recognise their independence. .- The Bolsheviks have begun a coun-ter-offensive in the Pskoff region. They also claim to have developed a. success at Kamishin, where they captured villages and river craft. » BOLSHEVIKS CLAIM SUCJESS. LONDON, Aug; 26. A Bolshevik wireless states that Kolchak is evacuating Omsk and is preparing an entrenched positicn outside the town. The insurgents are besieging Viadivostock, which is full of refugees. A Japanese squadron has arrived off the port. PLAGUE IN DON TERRITORY. Received 9.25 a.m_ . » LONDON, Aug. 23. A Bolshevik wireless claims the reoccupation of Z’Hitomi:. M Plague has broken out in Don Cossack territory. ‘ The newspaper “Izvestia” published i at Moscow states that Germany. un-i der Entente pressure, is sending thousand Russian prisoners to Deni-J kin’s territory, where they cannrzt Jbin the Red Army, thus opening unofiiciali hostilties against Soviet Russia, J . _ALLIES CAPT-URE ODESSA.’ I - '” Received 9 a.m_ i _, LONDON, Aug. 26. The Bolsheviks admit the Allied capture of O'dessa. DENIKIN’S RAPID ADVANCE. Received 9.5 .a.m. ‘- . W,AsHINGToN,'Aug. -26. Reports from South Russia state that D '.Denikin’s advance is progressing with ‘ great rapidity. !