ADVANCE TOWARDS MOSCOW.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1919, Page 5

ADVANCE TOWARDS MOSCOW.

FIRMER STAND BY THE ENEMY, Received Oct. 19, 11.5 p.m, London, Oct. 18. The Letts, with the support of the Allied warships, captured Dunamunda fortress and took prisoner 500 Germans. A Bolshevik wireless admits the abandonment of Catchina, and says an artillery battle is proceeding northward of Krasdoesj ; .' The communique mentions that Denikin, with considerable forces, supported by armored cars, tanks, and aeroplanes, has begun an advance in the Tharitain region. Denikin announces a further advance towards Moscow, and is now in the vicinity cf Briansk. He refers to fierce fighting eastward and south-eastward of Voronezh, indicating that the Bolshevik resistance i 3 stronger. The Australian Press Association learns that a great Bolshevik attack against Tsaritsin failed after two days' fierce fighting. Severe losses were inflicted by Cossacks in the Don and Khoper regions, and upwards of 3000 Bolsheviks were taken prisoner, including a rifle battalion. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EXCITEMENT IN MOSCOW. ——r 1 STEPS TO PREVENT REVOLUTION. Received Oct. 19 t 6.5 p.m. • Helsingfors, Oct. 17. Yudenitch has captured Krasnoyeselo. It is reported that the British squadron entered Kronstadt Harbor after the capitulation. Tremendous excitement prevails in Tula and Moscow. The Soviet authorities have taken most drastic measures to keep down rebellion among the people. —Aus. - -N.Z. Cable Assn.