RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 October 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

DEN|KIN’S WONDERFUL SUCCESS.

HAILED ‘AS A SAVIO!UR_

Received 9.10 a.m

1 LONDON, Oct. 15.

' Denikin 1-epqi-ts after Inafily days I fighting he has captured Orel. Simple peolfie, weeping With joy, fell on then’ ‘knees, and exclaimed “Christ has fisen}; The troops were received w‘l‘th enthusiasm; Several thousand prisoners were taken with two batteries and an enormous amount of booty.‘ Deni--{kin cut up the Reds in Ust, and Medoyestskaya, and flinging them‘ back beyond Mevyfutchka, taking fifteen hun‘dred pllisoners_ Another eleven hunidred were prisonered in the Upper ‘Don district, where a. ?battel'Y With its gunners was captured and turned against the [Red Konovaloffs. Don. Cossacks in Krivutchy ‘region dispersed a Bolshevik division, takings three thousand prisoners, with two heavy and three smaller gnns. ' GERMANS ATTACKSBD BY POLES. . Received 10.10 9..-m. b COPENHAGEN, Oct. 15. It is reported the Pol'es- have attacked the Germans and captured Kovno. MORE REVERSES FOR THE REDS_ M Received‘lo.lo a.m. . i V PARIS, Oct. 14. The Echo de »Paris’ ‘Stockholm correspondent states that Dcnikin has occupied the important station of Lal}o—wan, taking prisoner 9000» and ‘2O cannon. ' I-lELSINGFORS, Oct. 15. The Reds_near Gatschina are retiring almast unrestingly_ %. BLOCKADING sovlg=_'r—, RUSSIA. . :_, . - - . 1 ,T,h:e._Supreme Council ha.gA-ask,ed"th_e._ Scandinaviajn Powers‘. to co-o.pera.t_e in ;bl°.<=ka<l:‘3Jlg..S9wzi.etßussia-~ - - L._ . .

: ._A_-.C_openhagen message ‘states that ‘the. Russian situation is reaching a crisis wit_h_unexpectecl rapidity. Y-ud-enitch is fighting 20 miles ‘West of Gatchina and is Within 40 miles of Petrograd_ He hopes to enter Petrograd in three weeks. - Esevere fighting continues both on the Petrograd and - Moscow fronts Denikell’.s rapid advance in the neighbourhood of Oriel paniced the Bolsheveiks in Moscow. Letts are apparently still holding out at Riga, defying Bermondt, who styles himself Prince Av-

aloff, but the most sensational develbiiment is the breaking through in the direction of Petrograd of Yudenitch’s' North-West Russian 'Ariny. Meanwhile the Esthonians advancing from Narva have reach Moloskovitshi, halfway between Kyamburg and Batchina. According to a despiatch pfro'm_Reval, dated the 13th, Yudenitch’s offensive- opened with the capture of Yamburg last Week. His advance guarrd, under General Glasenapp, took Volossova, forty miles eastward, on the 12th, reaching the most advanced point of the June offensive and capturing 'between 10,000 and 12,000 prisoners ,and an armoured train and staff, and an artillery brigade. Simultaneously Yudenitch is striking successfully at the Bolshevik main communications southwards. He is in close touch with Luga, and it is reported‘ that he recaptured Pskov after advancing 15 miles in 24 hours. A despatch says the offensive eontinues amid a wave of patriotic enthusiasm on a front of 100 miles. The Bolsheviks are everywhere panicstricken. ' A British destroyer brought six German merchantmen to Reva] in the last two days DETAILS OF DENIKEN’S VICTORY. , LONDON, Oct. 14. Oflicial details of Deniken’s victory at Veroucj reveal that the town was captured by a volunteer corps under General Shkura. On the following day the Soviet forces countcr-attack-ed‘, but were beaten otf with heavy losses and driven into prepared-traps, where they were annihilated with the help of Cossacks, who threupon swung southeastward and attacked the important rail of Tiki, capturing 9000 prisoners. On the south-éast front five Red regiments Were completely defeated at Cherneujar.

' The “Daily Express” correspondent with Deniken’s right wing says:—The Whole fighting is 3 Puzzle to soldiers who fouglit in France. No one digs ?-in and neither side courts encounter, {but raids of mounted Cossacks are real E adventures and aim at giving the populations. behind the Red Army the !chance of rising. .- Den‘lken’s army is }.nox‘lv being’ reinforced by batteries of _:gung manned by men drilled by _Britis-h lgflicers. 'l‘hiler;m'orale is immensely {increased .by~Engl_isll clothes and the Lgiidet taken in English Weapons l “