L EXTRA EDITION. RUSSIA

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 22 May 1919, Page 7

L EXTRA EDITION. RUSSIA

OFFENSIVE AGAINST PETROCRAD

:esthonians within fifty

MILES,

TO DESTROY THE CITY

BYv CABIiE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

(Received May 22, 11.35 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, May 21. It is stated that an offensive against •Petrograd is progressing, and that Finnish and Esthonian troops are converging on the city. The Esthonians are within fifty miles. British troops lander at Lugaby, and occupied the river villages after many lights with the Bolshevists. The Soviet has resolved to defend Petrograd to the utmost, and will destroy and burn the city if compelled to evacuate.