IN RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3483, 11 May 1920, Page 5

IN RUSSIA.

POLISH GAINS.

Received 10.25 am.

PARIS, May 10.

The Polish advance varies from 100 to 150 kilometres in depth. The Poles occupy more than half a million square miles of territory_ - V

A Polish-Roumanian Alliance is. being prepared. Roumania concentx-afes her army on the Dneister.

WHAT WILL BRUSILOFF Do‘?

MILITARY CRITIC’S OCCUPATION RETURNS '

LONDON, May 10.

Major-General Maurice expects 81-usiloff to counter-attack north of the Pripet. in the direction of Minsk, where the railways from l\losoow make concentration easier. , There is great interest in the Polish advance, which has reached Tarash~ teha, sixty-five miles from lsieff. Dramatic communications are threatened and a wedge driven in the grain country. A tremendous blow struck at the Reds’ prestige is sharply repercussioned in Finland, as well as in Roumania. The former is reporteii to be joining in the attack.

The Herald’s military correspondent points out that Poland)’-s main objective is not Moscow, but Ukraine. He expects the Poles will try to advance along the Dufeper, capture Kherson, force the abandonment of Odessa and release Wrangle’s force which is ‘bottled up in Crimea, compelling the Reds to concentrate vast forces at Koest. Attempt tolstem the tide would mean at least another year’s war. '