GREAT VICTORY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10432, 10 November 1919, Page 5

GREAT VICTORY

DENIKEN GOES AHEAD DON COSSACKS OVERWHELM ENEMY DIVISION. ■ ANXIOUS TIMES FOR YUDENITCH By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright /ustraiian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. November 6. Deniken, in a communique, announces a smashing victory. The Don Cossacks overwhelmed a Bolshevik division eastward of the Khoper River, taking 3300 prisoners and sixteen guns. The retreating Bolsheviks blew up two armoured trains. 55,000~PRISONERS. j (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. November (i. j Deniken in a wireless communique , says: We have secured 55,000 prisoners, many guns and machine-guns in the last ten days. LONDON, Novemter 6. Tho Australian Press Association iearns that tie Russians in the Onega sector should bo able te securely hold the present lines throughout the vriueXho Bolsheviks aro still pushing for- j ward on Yudenitch's extreme right ana probably now possess the whole Gat-china-Pskoff railway. . j The situation in Southern Russia dur I ing tho week was somewhat stabilised | but tho map shows the balance in DemUen's favour. Tho winter is not conj sidored likely, to stop operations in this area. The position on the eastern tront ii&s taken an unfavourable turn, for Kolchak and tho fruits of the last nionth s offensive aro already lost. The Bolsheviks' in this region have regained their moral. ! WHY YUDENITCH FAILED. (Router's Telegram.) (Received November 9. 11.5 p.m.) j LONDON, November 6. While the Bolshevik claim to have ] surrounded Yudenitch is unconfirmed, it is at least certain that Yudenitch has been badly defeated at the very gates of Petrpgrad, and the menace of envelopment is not yet averted. The immediate cause of Yudenitch's general retreat was the Bolshevik capture of Luga, on the Petrograd-Biukoff railway, threatening his rear, as any delay in retirement would have endangered communications —perhaps the very .existence of the -whole army. The War Office announces that Yudenitch's loft is still in touch with the right of tho Esthonians operating in the Gulf of Finland, who are: holding the original line. Yudenitch, who reached a point within four miles of Petrograd. is now twelve miles from the city. Experts express the opinion that any fresh offensive against Petrograd must be supported by attack from the north, KOLCHAK WITHDRAWING FROM OMSK. Australian and N.Z. Cable _ ls»ooiatlon. (Received Novemher 8, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 7. The State Department has been advised that Kolohai is withdrawing from Omsk shortly. FINLAND' S~POSITION. INTERVENTION NOT WARRANTED. Australian and N:Z. Cablo Auooiation. (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, November 6. The Finnish Premier, in an interview, stated that the Government decided that tho conditions did not warrant intervention, particularly in view of the fact that no promise had been given regarding recognition of. Finland's independence, and also the impossibility of relying on the Entente's Assistance against Petrograd and likelihood of insufficiency of ammunition. Negotiations woro afoot to secure foreign financial support amounting to thirty-five millions in order to maintain the army on a war footing and resist the Bolsheviks in tho event of Deniken and Kolchak pressing them back towards Finland. LETTS REPULSE GERMANS. (Heater's Tclwram.-J (Reoeived November 9, 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, November 0. Tho Lettish Press Bureau states that German troops, presumably Bormondts's, supported by artillery and armoured trains, strongly attacked Liban on the 4th instant. Thoy were repulsed by the Lettish troops in Libau, who were supported by British artillery. The Lettish positions were bombarded throughout the day, and a fresh and violent offensive was launched in tho evening, but repulsed with heavy loss. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) j COPENHAGEN, November 8. I The Letts, supported by a sea bom. j bardment, advanced and captured n» J important bridgehead on the Dvina. The Russian Soviet has warned noutrals that participation in the hjookade will' bo rognrded as a hostile act. DEBATE IN COMMONS IS PEACE WITH TROTSKY POSSIBLE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Awodatton. (Received November 9, 5.5 p.ra.)_ LONDON, November o. In tho House of Commons Colonel J C Wedgewood moved to reduce the War' Office vote by £15,000,000 as a protest against the help given to Deni-, iten and Yudoniteh. Colonel Cecil Malono, who has been visiting Moscow, stated that ho interviewed Trotsky, who said he had discussed matters with Soviet leaders and belioved peace botween Russia and the Allies was possible on terms substantially the same as those which Mr Bullitt published. It was believed the Peaco .Conference oould arrange that alt the existing Governments should remain in full control of tho territory thoy now occupy. Mr John Ward, who has been in Russia for a year, protested, against ■ doserting the Russian allies. Kolohak J was tho only man able to rastoro con- i stitutionr.l democracy in Russia. Mr W. Adamson (ohnirman of the Parliamentary Labour party) declared

that the vast majority of Britishers were opposed to intervention in Russia, and appealed to the Government to withdraw the Baltic fleet. The ameadmcntwas .defeated' by 350 votes to 52. UNPRECEDENTED PROBLEM. • ' (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 5. Mr Winston Churchill (Secretary for War), in his reply during the Russian debate, ridiculed the idea thnt the Labour Party represents the view of the masses regarding Russia. Everybody wanted a clear-cut policy, but the Great Powers were baffled by peculiar aspects of an unprecedented problem. Britain was acting in harmony with the Allied Powers. They were all anxious that Russia should not rise from the dead as a foe of the Allies. Britain during 1919 '.sent Deniken £28,000,000 in cash and £17,000,00 worth of stores.