RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA.

DENIK3N IX RETREAT. RED H>R€ES SWEEP AHEAD. ify Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopyrisM . London, Jan. 5. The Russian commander at Odessa intends to defend the city at all costs. The garrison has been reinforced, and sea-borne supplies are arriving. The civilian population will be evacuated if necessary by sea— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Copenhagen, Jan. 5. The Lettish Government claims that its troops defeated the Bolsheviks on a wide front in the Dwina sector, breaking the enemy line, crossing the Dwina. and taking many prisoners. The pursuit continues.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Honolulu, Jan. 5. The newspaper Nipu Jiji reports that heavy Japanese reinforcements have been" sent to Irkutsk to aid Admiral Koltchak.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Jan. 8. The Red forces in Russia are sweeping' rapidly towards the Caucasus, purening Denikin's Caucasus army, which, is struggling to escape southward towards Ekaterinador. It is fighting heavy rearguard actions but another Red annv marching north of the Don threatens to cut it off. The Ukraine front is leas active. The Daily Mail reports that Denikin's scattered forces are now on the verge of annihilation and are being driven into the fastnesses of the Caucasus Mountains.—United Service. Stockholm, Jan. 0. An Esthonian communique, dated January 3, states that the armistice began to-day. but the Bolsheviks "at noon opened fire against Esthonian workers on the Narva front, thus breaking the' armistice. —Reuter. OFFENCES AGAINST BOLSHEVIKS. LETTS AND POLES COMBINE. Received Jan. 7, 2.35 p.m. London, Jan. 6. Lettish and .Polish forces launched an offensive against the Bolsheviks and captured Dvinsk, and are advancing on Pskoff—Times Service.