RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

BOHEMO-SLAVS ADVANCE. SOVIETS FORCED TO RETIRE. ! I SIBERIAN TOWNS CAPTURED. Received June 18, 6.5 p.m. Moscow, June 14. During Monday the Bohemians and Slavs advanced towards OufTa. It is reported that all towns on the Trans-Siberian Railway, from Tscheliabinsk to Tomsk, are in Bohemo-Bl&v hands. Omsk was occupied on June 8 by SlavCossack peasants, under Colonel Ivanoff. The Soviet forces have retired from Omsk and Tumen.—Press Association. THE KIEFF EXPLOSION. » DETAILS NOW PUBLISHED. GERMANS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKS. Received June 16, 11.45 p.m. Amsterdam, June 15. The first details of the immense munitions explosion in the rear of Kieff, on June 0, have now been given by the Lokal Anzeiger's correspondent. There were 12 big explosions and innumerable smaller ones from 10 a.m. till late in the , afternoon. The entire business life of the city was suspended. People were blown off the street and buildings were whirled into the air. The Swjerinetz Cathedral ; collapsed, the street being impassable. The conflagration enveloped the whole of the neighborhood. The explosion is ascribed to Bolshevist machinations. > . A Kieff message states that General Knoerzer telegraphed to General von Eichorn that a force of 10,000 Bolshevist and Red Guards, commanded by Czech officers, had been almost destroyed toy his troops west of Taganrog. The Bolshevists had landed on the Ukraine coast of the Sea of Azov and were advancing to attack Taganrog. Over 3000 dead Bolshevists were left on the field, and he counted many drowned. General Knoerzer claims that the.'German losses were light.