Show I WIVES AND CHILDREN T TAKEN AIEN BY Retreat of Siberian Army From Becomes 1 Stampede By Associated Press Siberia Tuesday Nov 18 18 Eight thousand wives and children of ot officers making an hour eleventh-hour flight from tram are reported to have been captured by the Bolshevik ll ten miles mUes east of ot The retreat of ot tho ho rearmost rearmost rear rear- most moat units of or the Siberian army from the all Russian capital became a stampede stampede stam stam- pede the troops throwing away their guns and commandeering locomotives es trains and carts In which to escape Fifteen trains carrying officers and their families besides scores of or other trains filled with refugees ammunition ammunition ammunition tion and merchandise which were blocked by wreckage and lack of ot mothe motive mo mo- tive the power fell tell into the hands of or the Bolshevik who followed up the Cossacks Cos Cos- Cosi Cossacks i sacks by a cavalry pursuit PANIC IS REPORTED I Street fighting occurred In Sn i Panic Is reported to reign at Tatar- Tatar miles east of or which is overrun ovens n by fleeing soldiers Polish troops who have been guarding the railway are leaving with the utmost haste Admiral Kolchak Is reported to be approaching Novo One Ono I year after assuming the supreme ru- ru Admiral Kolchak today In is on t his way eastward facing racIng the necessity I of r reestablishing his seat of ot government government government govern govern- ment on the shore of t Lake Baikal and reconstructing his arm army which has been badly sh shattered FALL OF The rhe evacuation of ot although viewed by foreign observers as a possibility possibility possibility pos pos- after the failure of ot the Siberian otten offensive lve which reached the Tobol river became virtually a foregone conclusion Conclusion conclusion con Con- after the fall of or and nd the surrender of or the defense line A complete removal of the government government gov gov- ov- ov emment from Omak to which was recommended by certain foreign Diplomats on the occasion of ot the re retreat re- re treat of ot the Siberians In August was urged by General Diedrichs and It was their conflicting opinions on the subject that caused his break with Admiral Kolchak and the resignation or of General Diedrichs as commander of or the w western tern armies of or the gOVernment gov roy VICTORIOUS General Diedrichs believed consid- consid erl the and lack of ot morale of oC the army f 7 that at the retreat repeat should h b be carried to the east of ot The J circles taft fart was raJ the according Siberian to wen well ell Informed armies were demoralized de- de de de- moralized und under r Bolshevik propaganda and due to th the long retreat the men did not desire to fight tight Their officers did not dare to rJ risk k battle batUe under the f circum circumstances t The fhe cause ause of or desertions the armies annle armies armies' I had dwindled to skeletons Se r units had been destroyed ed and some o othe ol oj the otti officers ers had gone gon over to the Bol Bol- she The only hope of or Genera General Diedrichs was to get his troops badin bad k in the best possible shape and reorganize reorganize the armies This proved to b be bethe bethe the only recourse left General roff when he succeeded General Died Died- riche |