FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15863, 7 July 1919, Page 2

FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS.

ALLIED FRONT ADVANCED (Reuter.) ARCHANGEL, July 6. A communique states: On the right bank of the, Dvina the Allied' front has been advanced to the river Selmenga. On the left the troops occupied Yakovievsko Forest. Fires froced us to evacuate temporarily the front line on the railway front. The enemies’ positions on the Murmansk railway were assaulted and captured. The enemy retreated, burning bridges. The enemy’s losses on the Shutga Peninsula are reliably estimated at 500. BOLSHEVIKS CROSS THE KAMA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 6. The Bolsheviks continue to advance and are now two days’ march from Perm. ' They/ have crossed the Kama river. Koltohak’s retreat continues without much fighting. BRITISH TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN. LONDON, July 6. The Australian Press Association learns that all the British troops in North Russia and the Caucasus will be withdrawn by September, owing to the growth of organisation of the anti-Bolshevik armies. (Renter.) The British evacuation of North Russia has begun. ,

ANOTHER CAPTURE BY DENIKEN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, LONDON, July 6. Deniken has captured 10,000 prisoners and taken Tharitsen. CONFLICTING REPORTS. (The Times.) i LONDON, July 6. News from Bolshevist sources, announcing the capture of Perm, reveals that Koltchak has not yet recovered from his reverse. On the other hand, Deniken continues a vigorous northward course, largely owing to British equipment and tanks, the latter greatly contributing to the success, badly scaring the inferior Bolshevik troops, and compelling the abandonment of successive positions. General Ironside has made a further advance of five miles along the Dvina. Trotsky telegraphed to Bela Kun that the British have forwarded military equipment for 100,000 men, with 230 guns and 150 tanks, and that Canada has furnished 300,000 military uniforms.