WAR IN RUSSIA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 3

WAR IN RUSSIA.

MINSK OCCUPIED V,V FRENCH

AND POLES

BOLSHEVIST I?iS.UISBI.TJ.«-:- IX

ESTHONIA

ifclec. Tit. I'oi.yiiylit— I'uitod Pivss Assn.; (Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association! LONDON. August 9. Frenchmen and Poles have occupied Minsk. f Renter's Telegram. i PARIS. August 8. An Esthoninn communique states that the Russian "North-west Army, under i Bolshevist pressure, continues to retreat ou tho Esthonian frontier. The Bolshevists now threaten Yainburk. (Australian and N.z. Cable. Association. | LONDON, August 6. General Gough, who is representing nic Allies at Libau, had several stormy interviews with Von/ der Goltz owing to failure of the German troops to evacuate Libava m accordance with Marshal Foch's demand. The Germans continue intrigues with the Baltic land barons, who are offering German volunteers grants of land. Thus a considerable German force, remains at Libava. The Supreme Allied Council sent an ultimatum to the Germans that they must evacuate by August 20. Serious trouble is developing m the Russian Armenia ii Republic. Kurds and Tartars captured two southern towns. The Turks are seeking to foment a big rising m the interior.-