RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

DENIKEN'S CAMPAIGN peLSHIiVIK FORCE ISOLATED. By lel«r«ph.—Prtaa Assn —Copyright. ' Received.August 15, 2.46 p.m. London, August 14. fhe War Office reporti that General Deniken's left wing is closely converging On Odessa. The Bolshevik occupation is precarious, and escape is cut off. '•—Times Service. Received August 15, 11.40 p.m. 1 • • . Lont.on, August 14. It is authoritatively stated that the Mi'Wins-of the volunteer army is en(cloning Odessa from the north-east. ' Recent successes leave only one line of railway open to Odessa, from which th* Volunteers an only thirty miles disftitMleutor Service. AMERICAN SUPPLIES FOR ,„ ... p . KOLTCHAK. ■■'■ l iWTISH ULTIMATUM, Washington, August 13. , tfc»-United States has ordered large war supplies to be sent immediately to Afflbifal' Koltchak, in order to enable Rfe advance to be resumed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • . London, August 13. i War Officii communique states that Colonel Sadlier-Jackson conducted the attack oft the Dwina with complete suc- ' MsTaad gamed all his objectives. The BSM casualties were not heavy.-Aus.-IfXCiWe Assh. . , XlhJ' pally Express correspondent on tfci Ausso-Finoish frontier states that SeMral Gough tent an ultimatum to lie" former White Russians threatening "to withdraw British support unless Sompt action is taken against Petro'SlL The Esthonians and Yudenieh's ttoOpa we quarrelling, though fully «o&pp<d h Britain, including a supply They continue discontented, fcfevettflng action when Petrograd seemed to be Within the grasp of the antiJtofehetik forces.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WHOLESALE EVACUATIONS. MOSCOW A GIT? Off DEATH. . Copenhagen, August 13. fhe Danish Red Cross mission, which tea returned from Moscow, states that the situation at Moscow is terrible. A thousand foreigners were executed in Ad*. The mission was arrested and wit in danger of being executed until ttTionimunicated with reliable Red troops, which enabled it to escape. The aaenbers reached Poland after hiding in <te-oUta. They found themselves between two fires during the Pojuh-Bol-ahefik hostilities.—Aws.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Rome, August 13. /tfbo. Italian commission and expediti/marf force left Murtaarislc for Italy 0» August 9.—AU9.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LENIN SUPPLANTED. A CUT-THROAT IN COMMAND. Copenhagen, August 13. Martins, chief of the Danish Red Croas in Russia, baa returned. He says that Lenin no longer rules; the ultraBMieaJa have supplanted him. Moscow it governed by a Lett named Peters, jrifacioa* in connection with the Hfcmdidiieh sensation in London in De#£bo& 1910. Petew is c leavourihg to «mnge tit* massacre of all foreignera in the city.—Times Service. London, August 13. A fiobhevik wireless states that the RuUian monarchists have offered the thfcon* to Prince Sergius Romanovsky, mat grandson of Napoleon's Joseph-&e/-Au«.-NX Cable Attn. THE MURMAN FRONT. BOLSHEVISTS CONTEMPLATE SERIOUS ATTACK. Received August 15,11.40 p.m. London, August 14. The prisoners taken by the British ''fen the Dvisa front now number 2000 and more are coming in. The Bolshevists drove in our output line, westward of the Mtmnan railway. There are clear indications the Bolshevists are aware of our intention to evacuate, and contemplate a serious attack On our Murman front, hastening the withdrawal, and hoping to damage the retiring troops. General Pethura, reinforced and reeqnipptd front Ronmania, is advancing ■ west toward* Kieff. General Denikea is withing 40 miles eastward of Odessa.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . .BOISHEVnCS' EASTERN ADVANCE. ';.', August IS, 11.40 p.m. London, .August 14. Bolsheviks continue their eastward advance and have captured Fumen.