RUSSIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18132, 25 June 1919, Page 7

RUSSIA.

. BRITISH; N AVAL, ATTACK. ;,£ KRONSTADT IN FLAM.TSS V- ' . ... ':'■■;■} ■■ •'. ■■■••.■ ;:•■ ~-.,' : '.', ; , ■ . SEVEN RUSSIAN SHIPS SURi .' 'RENDER.;/ \ y '*■ By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrighV j? Australian and ' JNiZ. .Cablo Association. -.. -■ ; ■" : ".' : ■■<.■■':. ' PARIS." June 22.';.-' . Kronstadt is- in flameß. ; Seven Bql»: shevist; warships flew the white flag [ and . surrendered to the 'British fleett; A number of forts havo also flown -&£ White flag. • ' - .. IN THE SOUTH.' '■: ■ kolchak. Regains, ; I',' GROUND. '■'..,', _i . _ ■■.■'■•' ; Router's Telegram*. - v>.' ,•■,"•'-' /■'■ V V : ■■■■■'■; LONDON,' June, JJ&'.,"'/ Telegrams from,Omsk on June.lsl ini ; -'i-\ dicate that the trouble with I£olchak J 3. •; army was .satisfactorily, dealt with;. Sey- : - eral. regiments were reorganised an\L .'.:,' changes made by the higlier Commands., ,•; No furfcheiv serious setback iaanticipati'-■ ed. It is only on certain fsectors,;on the '"• southern' front that J the m'o.ral of troops h' affected, and recent'' 'j more than compensated for by .General ' Deniken's su3cesse< . .. *-■■-■ ■„ ' Other advices stat*. that the vpluti-: '"; teer offensives 'in South" Russia .continue': ~ very successfully. . Fugansli, i the; '. Donetz sector; was captui'edir Further; •!, east, the Don Cossaclcs crossed the,Don on a sixty-mile frerrfc south-east : of. .80-'" ■"• gutehar and aclvatartit forty;: to' fifty..:. miles.' In tb« Ukraine: the offemive', against the Bolsheviks has Several important strategic-points'HVere--captured and the enemy- driven ;• : &&t-i ■ wards. .Tlie Ukrainians, are .Volunteer- ■*' ing and enlistmEt.aiid supplying "prdvi-.,' . sinn«. It is anticipated that the'.forces v ' will soon he trebled, ■ ■■

RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK BY BRITISH;

By Telegraph—Prew • Association—CopyrigM. AustrtJian Mid* JT.'Z;'- Cablet Association.' \ HELSINGFORS; June 23. • British battleships, ' - and sank'the Bolshevist battleship Skwa. ;