Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1919 — REDS ARE DEFEATED [ARTICLE]

REDS ARE DEFEATED

ALLIEB INFLICT HEAVY LOBBEB ON THE BOLBHEVIKI. Many Prisoner* Taken as Entente Troops Advance Over 26 Miles In Murman Region. Archungel, Feb. 28—Bolshevik troops Monday attempted a counterattack against the newly gained positions of the allies on the Murmansk front, but were repulsed with heavy losses. The bolshevik! used an armored train In their Ineffectual at tempt. On the sector south of ArchungeT'arToleshvlk airplane dropped a bomb Monday near the American positions on the Vologda railway. London, Feb. 28. —Allied forces advanced more than twenty-six miles on the Murman front'Sunday, Inflicting heavy casualties on the bolshevik!, it was reported In an official dispatch received from Archangel today. “Sunday the allies advanced forty versts (20.4 miles) In the Murman region, reaching Soudgozero,” the communique sold. “The bolshevists lost heavily in killed and prisoners.” The bolshevik troops that Invaded Esthonia have been driven back across the frontier, according to Information received here today. Fighting has been renewed on the Archangel front and the British have taken Segua after a sanguinary buttle. N At Perm hundreds of persons were wantonly murdered by the bolshevik troops, it was learned from the head of the American Red Cross. Nails were driven into the shoulder straps on captured officers. Priests were horribly mutilated. The American intelligence department confirms the report that the soviets nre “nationalizing” women.