10 JULY 1920, Page 1
The Poles are evidently in a very anxious position. We
may disregard the wilder rumours which were current at the beginning of the week, but it is obvious that the utmost the Poles can do
sow is to save their own country. The vision of punishing the Bolsheviks has vanished. The latest communication from Warsaw which we have seen before we go to press on Thursday records the development of a Bolshevik offensive between the upper l3eresina and Borisow. Warsaw also reports that further Bolshevik reinforcements are arriving. The Moscow communique published in the papers of Thursday claims the occupation of the Important town of Rovno as well as the capture of a thousand prisoners and much equipment.
