BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16694, 1 December 1919, Page 7

BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE

GENERAL DBNIKIN'S POSITION. {R»ntcr's Te!«?rams.') ; .'Received 3lst, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nivmlser 27. I It is semi-ofiicinlly stated that the ! r<-<l«b<-viks have driven back General ' P >nikin's form to a maximum depth of (illy miles along most of his front. I During tho last six months the JJoli have s°nt 350.000 mm and 1000 guns against General Denikin, who has probably l>cen forced to retreat further, but important forces, which may re--1 drrss the balance, will bo available to : him, owing to events in the Ukraine, i where the defection of 15,000 Galicmn I fwi'is has i"'i.ld I'etluni's rosition de-- ■ jM'rato, while the capture of tho j Masthnos l:rigmds by General Denikm's forrcs is imminent. I Tl'is means tho removal of tho danger to General Denikin's lines of communication and supplies, which has caused tho diversion of troops from the antiBolshevik front. ! GENERAL YTT>ENITCITS TROUBLES. (Roceivcd Novemlier 30th, 11 p.m.) LONDON, November 2i>. A Reval telegram states that General Tudeniteh has lost touch with his armv. which is now disorganized. A disordered part of his troops has already entered Esthnnin, where it lias been disarmed, and tho rest will be disarmed. Many civilians, inclnding women and children, with General Yudenitch aro dying of cold nnd starvation. A Moscow wireless message claims that General Dentin's army is brolcen nnd_ retreating. It has entirely lost its initiative. ESTHONIAN SUCCESS. fAwtmUan and N.Z. Cable Ag»omti<m.> (Received November 31st, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, .November 29. Tho Flsthonians have defeated tho Bolsheviks on tho Narva front. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. (Rentfr'a Tflesrarji.} COPENHAGEN, November 25. Mr J. O'Grady, M.P., the British delegate who is to confer with LitvinofF regarding exchange of prisoners, states tlmt 110 British prisoners aro in tho hands of tho Bolsheviks. Thero aro about 1000 Britishers in Russia, mostly at Petrogrnd and Moscow. LITVINOFF'S MISSION. (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) COPENHAGEN, November 25. Litvinoff has arrived, but remains aboard his steamer, with which all comI munication is prohibited. I Constirvative circles are opposed to ! Eitvinoff entorinp Denmark. | Tho Government Press mnint -.ins that Tiitvinoff was only allowed to como in conformitv with tho promise given to the British Government. The newspapers demand that LitvinofF bo forbidden to negotiate; except with the British delegate. HUNGARIAN SOVIET TRIAL. fß»nt«r'« Telegram*.) BUDAPEST, November 25. The trial of twenty-four princinals of the fallen Hungarian Soviet Cfovernment has begun. Tho charges includo a numbor of murders. Cherny. commander of tho co-called "Ednin Boys," pleaded not guilty to mnrder. Ho declared that ho organised the Terrorists under Bela Kun's orders. Bela Kun also ordored tho murder of a numbor of "inoonvenient" people. TROUBLE IN VLADIVOSTOK. (Received November 30th, 11 p.m.) TOKIO, November 26. Czechs, combimvl with tho local Democrats at Vladivostok, revolted against Admiral Koltchak's Cossack garrison. The rising was crushed. It is reported that tho Czech ceneral was either captured or took refuge on board a steamer.