BOLSHEVIK WAR.
EXECUTION OF KOLTCHAK. VAIN APPEAL BY THE SOVIET. By Telegraph—Presa Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb, 13, 1.25 p.m. London, Feb. 12. Advices . from Copenhagen state that Koltchak was executed by his own troops. The Soviet authorities wirelessed from Moscow, interceding for his life, but the appeal arrived too late. Received Feb. 13, 5.5 "p.m. Washington, Feb. 12. General Keppell has recaptured Irkutsk, where no trace of (Seneral Koltchak was found.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
A BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE.
DRNIKEN SERIOUSLY THREATENED BRITISH DETACHMENT WITHDRAWS ' Received Feb. 13, 10.25 p.m. London, Feb. 13. In North Russia, the Reds concentrated strong forces on the Dvina sector, and the situation is causing anxiety. -In South Russia, volunteer resistance on the western sector collapsed. The J3olshevjks are pushing towards the Dniester on a 120-mile front northward from the Black Sea. The Bolsheviks are advancing towards the Stavropol and Petrovsk railway so rapidly as to seriously threaten not only Deriiken's right, but his communications with the Caspians. A British detachment at Batoum is withdrawing' to Constantinople.—Aus.N.Z, Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1920, Page 5
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170BOLSHEVIK WAR. Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1920, Page 5
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