Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — POLES SET TRAP; ANNIHILATE RUSS [ARTICLE]

POLES SET TRAP; ANNIHILATE RUSS

General Budenny’s Army Wiped Out in Great Battle in Lemberg Sector. BOLSHEVIKI ARE OUTFLANKED Engagement Results In Defeat of Soviet Troops Along the' Entire Center Front—Thousands Killed and Captured. Warsaw, Sept. 3. —The bolshevik army of General Budenny* noted cavalry lender, was annihilated during the operations in the Lemberg sector which began August 29 and ended Wednesday, says the Polish official statement on military operations Issued here. Isolated detachments of the Budenny forces succeeded in escaping and are In disorderly retreat. General Budenny’s mounted men had been endeavoring to break through the Polish lines and march upon Lublin. They had nearly completed an encircling movement against Zamosz, midway between Lublin and Lemberg, hut were outflanked by Ihe Poles and attacked from the east, the communication states. Thousands Are Taken. The engagement resulted in the defeat of the soviet forces along the entire center of the front, and the Rus--iinns were compelled to retreat in disorder with the Poles in close pursuit. The bolshevlki lost heavily in killed and wounded, adds the statement, the Poles capturing thousands of prisoners, 16 guns, and enormous quantities of material. The fighting centered in the Zamosz region, the battle taking the form of numerous cavalry clashes with the Infantry filling In the gaps and attacking all along the line simultaneously. The operations were carried out In accordance with the Polish battle plans which had led the Russians Into traps where they were attacked from all sides. Besides announcing the victory of the Poles over Budenny in the Zamosz battle, the communique reports successes along the entire center and southern fronts, where the Russians were bested In the fighting. Plans to Join South Russ Forces. Negotiations for joint operation by Polish and south Russian forces are going on between the government here and Gen. Baron Wrangel. Co-operation between the Poles and Ukrainians is declared to be a grave menace to the bolshevlki, and It is said that the latter have shown their appreciation of this by offering Important concessions to Poland at the expense of Lithuania. These offers, it is asserted, were made by soviet representatives at semiofficial conferences with members of the Folish police delegation while It was in Minsk. Poles Capture Grodek. Continued fighting in the region of Zamosz, 45 miles southeast of Lublin, is reported in a Polish official commhnique. The northern wing of the Polish army is reported to be advancing without resistance. It has captured Gronek, says the statement, taking more han 1,000 prisoners. A group of red detachments operating east of Cholm for the purpose of supporting General Budenny’s cavalry was repulsed with heavy loss when it attempted to take the aggressive by attacking the Poles n the district between Dubienkn and Monintycz.