KOLCHAK'S COLLAPSE.
FORCES BABLY BEATEN. RETREAT OF SOD MIXES. OUTNUMBERED FIVE TO ONE. XKYY YOUK, Auaust 12. The "New York Tim-s" suites that according to advices received in Washing ton. the position uf the forces conimaiulet' by Admiral Kolchak is so precarious thai oilicial eirles in Washington fear tin utter collapse of the anti-Bolshevik move ment. Reliable information received by the United States Government indicates that Admiral Kolchak is being badly beaten. He has liecn compelled gradually ! to retire SOO miles east of the position he held last spring. Admiral Kolchnk's I forces are estimated t ntotal 100,00(1 ill- | equipped men. Tlu-v are opposed l, v a force of .".00.000 well-equipped Bolsheviks. | IA. and N.Z. (able.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 191, 13 August 1919, Page 7
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