POLISH WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1920, Page 5

POLISH WAR.

A CHANGE REPORTED. EEDS CLAIM COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. Received August 30,*9.5 p.m. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, London, August 30. The Bolsheviks continue to claim that the Polish figures regarding prison" ers, etc., are fictions, and add that a Bolshevik counter-offensive is commencing. It is reported that the Reds have retaken Grodno, and have forced the' Poles to evacuate Bialystok. It is also reported that a general engagement has begun on the entire front from Grajevo to Brest-Litovsk.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DEFEAT COMPLETE. RED FORCES SCATTERED. Received August 30, 7.50 p.m. Paris, August 20. The Matin states that no real organised Red force remains in Poland. There are still eight thousand men there, scattered about, in small groups, but, they are not important from a military point of view.—United Service. Received August- 31, 1.15 a.m. London, August 29. Kameneff Ims issued a statement to ihe effect that the Russian nrmv ha"! been regrouped, and is resuming the offensive. Kameneff declared the Polish report* of Russian losses were simply fables. Furthermore, he states that an offensive against (Trangel continues successfully, and Wrangel is already retreating towards Crimea. All reports regarding his capture are pure inventions. Kameneff declares that Domski and other member? of the Polish delegation having gone to Brest-Litovsk to 'confer with their Government, ihere must be a delay in the peace pourparlers of at least a. week. The statement alleges that all the Minsk delays are due to Polish obstructive tactics.—Reuter Service. ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS. PEACE TALK TO FOLLOW. Received August 30, 8:35 p.m. London, August 20. The Warsaw correspondent of the Daily Chronicle states that both sides regard Minsk as unsuitable for the peace negotiations, owing to its remoteness, and probably Riga will be chosen. The Polish delegates at Minßk complain that they are deprived* of all liberty of movement, and are subjected to constant surveillance since the Polish victories. Dombsky was allowed to proceed to Brest-Litovsk to meet the Polish Foreign Minister for instructions. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, August 20. The Warsaw correspondent of the Temps learns semi-offieially that the Russians have agreed to send a delegation to Warsaw to arrange for peace after the armistice is signed.—Aus, ; N.Z. Cable Assn.