RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

COMPLETE BRITISH VICTO*Y. . BOLSHEVIKS DRIVEN BACK 12 1 MILES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received Aug. 15, 12.45 a.m. London, Aug. 13. The British secured a complete victory on the Dwina. The British advanced 12 miles and annihilated six Bolshevist battalions, and captured 1000 prisoners and 12 guns. A Bolshevist wireless admits that their forces were driven back from both banks of the northern Dwina.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BREAKING THE BOLSHEVIK BACKBONE. DENIKEN DOMINATES POSITION. London, Aug. 12. The Ukrainians have captured Dubno, defeating the Bolsheviks. —Aus, N.Z. Cable Assoc. The Anglo-Russian offensive destroyed six Bolshevik battalions. The War Office reports that Deniken's captures at Kamishin included 11,000 prisoners, 60 guns, and an immense amount of war material. The two crack .Bolshevik divisions were completely shattered at Kamishih. Denrken's advanced cavalry in the direction of the Urbakh-Astrakan railway made a junction with the Ural Cossacks, forming Koltchak's left wing, 85 miles south-east of Kamishin,—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. IN SOUTH RUSSIA. BOLSHEVIKS BEING BEATEN BACK. Receive! 1 } Aug. 15, 2.15 a.m. London, Aug. 11. Official: The anti-Bolsheviks in South Russia are steadily gaining ground, on the Astrakhan and Volga fronts. Volunteers occupied Tchakoff. Only 60 miles of the Black Sea remains in possession of the Bolsheviks.—-Aus, N.& Cftble Assoc. ,> . BRITISH NAVY IN BALTIC. Copenhagen, Aug. 12. Sixteen British destroyers and largo motor-laden transports traversed the Sound, en route to the (Baltic— : Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.