7 JUNE 1919, Page 2

The Russian and Esthonian forces under General Yudenitch made a

further advance last week towards Gatchina, twenty-five miles south of Petrograd. Some of the Bolshevik troops mutinied and many were captured. The Bolshevik fleet on Saturday last made a sortie from Kronstadt in order to bombard the Esthonian coast, but was driven back at once by a British squadron. The island fortrees of Kronatedt, covering the minefields, alone prevents our ships from reaching Petrograd forthwith. It will doubtless surrender when General Yudenitch reaches the capital, and the food transports which starving Petrograd .awaits with impatience can then ascend the Neva. Bolshevism stands for hunger and rapine, but the Allies can offer Russia food.