The British and Russian troops operating on the Dvina south
of Archangel made a successful attack on the Bolsheviks last Sunday. Six Bolshevik battalions were destroyed; a thousand prisoners and twelve guns 'were taken. The victory will put new heart into the patriot forces which we are organizing to defend the Archangel Government. In the South of Russia General Denikin is still continuing his victorious advance from beyond Poltava in the west to the Volga in the east. Beyond the Volga, above Astrakhan, he has at last gained touch with the Cossacks on the left wing of Admiral Koltchak's Siberian armies. If this connexion can be maintained, it will be possible to send Admiral Koltchak the guns and munitions for lack of which he had to retreat a month ago. The patriot armies, acting independently at various points on the circumference of a vast circle, have been at a disadvantage compared with the Bolsheviks, who have the central position at Mosgow and are under a single command. The problem is now to equip the patriot forces and co-ordinate their operations. When that is done, the " Red Terror " will soon be stamped out.
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