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Show 11 MS FIGHT M HUSS REDS One American Killed in Engagement Near Vladivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, Thursday, June 19. (By the Associated Press.) Walter Kol-lerman Kol-lerman of Chicago was killed and C. .11. Batchelor of Kansas City and Chustor Burt of Antigo, Wis., were captured in a fight between twenty -.five troops and 200 Bolsheviki, Jijne 12, 100 miles to the north of Vladivostok. 1 Burt was later released, having been given a note saying that Batchelor would be freed only upon the release' of all Bolshevik prisoners. Burt said Batchelor was being well treated. News of the death in action of the first American in Siberia was received at headquarters June 13, but a few hours later communication with American detachments de-tachments was broken when the Bolsheviki Bol-sheviki attacked the Japanese sector at Nikolsk and Spaskole, where the rails of the railways were loosened and tho wires cut. Kelterman met his dath on the skirmish skir-mish lino, while Burt and Batchelor were captured while making a position map. In addition, one American was wounded. The Bolsheviki lost eight men killed and four taken prisoner. In a not tier fight at Uspanka village, June 11, four Americans were wounded and one Bolshe ik was killed and two were wounded and four made prisoner. Transportation is demoralized between Nikolsk and Khabarovsk. On June 11, near Spaskoie, a train, including in-cluding American hospital cars, with surgeons, sur-geons, was fired on for two hours. The Japanese finally relieved the situation. On the Kith, in the American S'Vtor, the Bolsheviki attacked a train. Three civilians were killed and eighteen others, including women and children, were wounded. American patrols frequently surprise the Bolsheviki and offer battle, but I lie reds usually run away without fighting. |