28 AUGUST 1920, Page 1
The Polish forces which had retreated in confusion made a
stand on the banks of the Vistula. When they began a counter-attack a fortnight ago, the enemy in turn was seized with panic and fled precipitately. So fast did the Bolsheviks run that by Saturday last they were east of Brest-Litovsk, a hundred miles from Warsaw. The Polish forces striking northward from Warsaw towards the East Prussian frontier captured thousands of fugitives from the Bolshevik army which had penetrated into the so-called " Polish corridor " far to the north-west of the capital. Thousands more sought refuge with their German friends across the frontier. The ill-armed Poles collected a Useful supply of guns and rifles left behind by the Bolsheviks.
