DESPERATE SITUATION AT PETROGRAD.
CITY BEING EVACUATED.
ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH
AND FINNS
(Reuters Telegrams.) Received July 3, 9.35 p.m.) HELSINGFORS, July 2. Judging hy recent decrees, the ;• situation at Petrograd is desperate. iThe evacuation of the city is being hhastily carried out. , iT^Offeky • ordered the fortress of to be blown up before 'ibeing surrendered. All the bridges, railway stations, and castles will also be.'destroyed when the Bolshevist vforces, are withdrawn.
Tliei Finnish General Staff reports -that Beyen Bolshevik warships on the: night eof-iJune 26th violently bom•bafded 'the staff headqaurters of the rXMoriets expedition on Lake Ladoga, destroying 'hospitals and houses. The ships also landed troops. Fighting Ids ' Later.! reports state that the Finns, are six miles from Olonets, while) an ericircling ' British force is fifteen niiles north of the town. The British r-eavklry are in contact with, the {•Finns./ .; , ■ '....-. ' ;. ..■" ■'■' v
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 5
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141DESPERATE SITUATION AT PETROGRAD. Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 5
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