Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — YANKS IN PERIL NEAR ARCHANGEL [ARTICLE]

YANKS IN PERIL NEAR ARCHANGEL

American and Allied Troops Face Massacre In Northern Russia. REGION SAID TO BE ICE-BOUND Entente <X»lumna Attached by Overwhelming Army Which Vows to Drive Them Into the Hr*-—lce Puts Off Hetreat. London. April 4. The American and allied troops In the Ice-bound ureas of the Archangel region are tn grave danger. This is the word from the war office here. The forces In Archangel, which Include between 8,000 and 4,000 Americana, mostly from Mlchlgad and Wisconsin, are being attacked by a bolshetlk army of overwhelming strength, which hns vowed to drive them into the aea. Retreat Is Cut Off. The retreat of the allied and American army is blockaded by the Arctic winter and the bolahevlkl apparently * are determined to exterminate them If possible before spring permits reenforcements already congregating at Archangel to reach the front. Drive Off Bolahevlkl. Archangel, April 4.—Repeated bolshevik attacks along the front line and both the right and left flank positions controlling Odozerskaia were repulsed by allied forces. The Americans. French, British and Russians who, either separately or together. are holding poaltlona throughout this territory, which Is a little oyer 100 nrtles south of Archangel, hgve everywhere held their lines Intact. The bolahevlkl. In spite of their heavy losses, attacked the railroad front south of Odoserakala at ten o’clock in the morning, but they failed. Allied forces enst of Bolshola Qxern. whefe Americans, Russians and British are fighting, were under attack all day at n point about fifteen miles west of .Odorzerskain and four seperute aMnults were made there again earlyfilii the morning. Effgmy Loses Heart. All broke down under the allied Are. According to bolshevik prisoners, the enemy is somewhat demoralized because of his heavy losses during the last two days. In the Seletzkoe sector, 40 miles east of Odozerskala, the allied advanced posts were attacked by a strong enemy patrol, but the bolshevikl were driven back by machine gun fire. Bolshevik! Defeated. London, April 4. —By taking the town of Vladikavklse, In the Caucasus, General Shknros’ troops have accounted for almost the whole of a bolshevlst army of 100,000 men. it was announced in an official statement covering operations in the Causasus. Vladikavklse was captured January 28 and with it fell enormous quantities of materials. More than 50,000 soldiers of the bolshevlst army are said to have been captured, while many thousand were killed or wounded and the remainder scattered. The loot Included 18 army trains, 200 big guns, more than SCO machine guns, nine sanitary trains, 100 locomotives and several thousand railway carriages and wagons.