19 APRIL 1919, Page 2

The Bolsheviks occupied Odessa last week, and pressed forward towards

the Rumanian frontier and into the Crimea, where the small Allied force was too weak to offer any reiist- ance. The Rumanian Army, after sharp fighting, is said to have retreated from the Dniester Valley. Elsewhere the Bolsheviks have been checked. Admiral Koltchak's Siberian forces seem to be progressing west of the Urals. In the north our troops south of Archangel and in the Murmansk region have beaten off small attacking parties. Reinforcements were sent to Murmansk _last week, but until the White Sea is pen for navigation the position at Archangel will be insecure.