General Rawlinson left on Monday for Northern Ruseia, where, according
to .the War Office, he is "to co-ordinate the difficult military operation of the withdrawal of the Archangel and Murmansk forties." Warships are being sent to strengthen our squadron in the White Sea, and fresh troops may go to assist in the evacuation. Meanwhile the Bolshevik forces are being firmly held. Admiral Koltehak's retreating armies appear to be on the Siberian frontier, and are said to have begun a counteroffensive last week against the prirsuirg Bolsheviks. General Denikin's victorious advance in the South continues. On Wednesday week he captured Kamyshin, on the Volga, between Saratoff and Astrakhan. Two days later he occupied Poltava, in the direction of Kieft. If he could join hands With Admiral Koltchak upon the Volga, the prospect would look even more favourable than it does. But Russia is so vast a country that even a successful campaign like General Demli-hts mutt be slow to attain definite results.
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