BOLSHEVIKS ATTACKS REPULSED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1919, Page 5

BOLSHEVIKS ATTACKS REPULSED

A?v IMPORTANT REVERSE. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON, April 4. A British North Russia official- ebriri m unique says :—Four times on Marcn 1 31st the Bolsheviks strongly "attacked us eastward of Bolshoozorki,' fed again , next morning. All the attacks were I repulsed. The prisoners captured inchide the regimental commissary who started these attacks, which were in- , tended to b© decisive..

WHITE SEA ■ NOT NAVIGABLE

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)

LONDON, April f,

The Australian Press Association Jearns that the Bolsheviks assumed the offensive on April Ist and 2nd, but were repulped. The enemy renewed the attack !on the 3rd inst. The result of the lighting i fi still unknown. A critical time is inevitable until the White Sea opens for navigation again. The -British river boats are now held up by ice around Archangel, whereas wheT the Dwlna the .Bolsheviks will be able; to use armed steamers before the Allies can. As, however, the British hold the Murman Railway, it is hoped that some reinforcements will be rushed into Archangel by the middle 6f May. Aeroplanes are now trying to reach Archangel, where the food difficulty is increasing • the? danger. The military situation at Odessa 1 is fairly satisfactory; hut food rife short, and it inay be Impossible to hold the town. ~, ....

it is reported that the Finnish troops in Northern Russia defeated the Americans. Mr Churchill telegraphed promising immediate aid.

STATEMENT BY GENERAL MARCH.

NEW YORK, April 5.

, General March denies that there is any seriousness in the situation at Archangel. Ho believes that the troops are adequate.