PETROGRAD TAKEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 11

PETROGRAD TAKEN.

FALL BE POSTED, KRONSTADT CAPITULATES, SURRENDER TO BRITISH. BRILLIANT EXPLOIT. By Telegraph— Pr iijg Association—Copyright. fßoceived 9 40 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Oct. 16. The capture of Petrograd by General Yudeniten on Wednesday night is unofficially reported, states the Helsingfors correspondent of the Daily Express. Kronstadt capitulated after intense bombardment by the British fleet. A message from Reval, received i-arlie,'. stated that General Yudenitch was within 12 miles of Pet.ropmt). and that news of the fall of the. city was expected at any moment.. A report from Helsingfors states that the capture of Kronstadt is regirded -. - a most brilliant exploit in view .if the fact that only light cruisers and destroyers were engaged. Tin- taking of the fortress rounds off Admiral Cowan's nine months' campaign in the Baltic. LETTS COUNTER-ATTACKING FAVOURABLE OPERATIONS. Aii!<tra.'.i..,i and N.Z. '"'able Association. I>. <1 5.5 ,-.m ) LONDON. Oct. 16 s The situation at Riga is satisfactory, according to reports from Copenlri iren. The Lett* in some places arc initiating counter-attacks- They have crossed the River Dvina, and their "iterations are developing favour ably. Ad\ ices from Helsingfors state that after the bombardment al' was nuiet at Riga. Only ten inhabitants were killed or wounded. ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD. ENEMY RETREAT IN SIBERIA. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 16. General Yudenitch, head of the North-west Russian Army, which is lighting the Bolsheviks south of Petrograd, is now on the eve of capturing Tsarskoye Selo, 15 miles south of Petrograd. A British and French naval force has arrived at Riga. The retreat of the Bolsheviks on Admiral Koltchak's front in Siberia has now become general.

RECAPTURE OF KIEFF. SOVIETS CLAIM SUCCESS. Australian and N Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5 5 p.m i LONDON. Oct. 16 A Bolshevik wireless message reports that the Soviets on Wednesday recaptured Kieff.