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Show AMERICAN TROOPS 1 DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI . FIGHTING IN RUSSIA BEGUN WHEN YANKEE OUTPOST8 ARE ATTACKED. a Bolshevik Soldiers Unaware of Presence Pres-ence of Men From America In Russia, Being Kept In Ignorance Ignor-ance by Officers. Archangel. In nn attack ngiiln.it tho American outposts south of Archnngel Tuesday the Ilolshevlkl sustained con-tldcrnhlo con-tldcrnhlo losses. Klght dead wero found In ono henp In front of tin nil- rnnced position and tlyee other bodies weru found In n forest. Most of tho Uolshcvlk dead wero Letts. A wounded ltolshcvlk soldier declared de-clared that a shell from it Itusso-nlllcd armored train hud killed twenty men on u ltolshcvlk train. Tho ltolshcvlk artillery bombarded thu American positions with shrapnel for several minutes, but did no harm. The ilshtlng In this area Is a combination combi-nation of trench and Indian warfare. Tho trenches aro along tho nil I road, but lu the forests hemming tho tracks trees nro tho only cover. Tho Itiisslan railway employees nro loynl to tho allies. They nro operating operat-ing trains under shrapnel flro nnd even repair tracks In tho open, unperturbed un-perturbed by bursting shells. Tho ilolshcvlk raid against tho American outpost cost tho Americans their first battle casualties on this sector sec-tor of tho front. The Ilolshevlkl apparently ap-parently attacked In the hope of saving sav-ing ono of their airplanes, which descended de-scended thu day before Just beyond tho American lines. They displayed stubbornness stub-bornness and tho accuracy of their artillery flro Indicated that skilled officers of-ficers wero manning the guns. A Uolshcvlk officer, taken prisoner Sunday, declared that his forces wero Ignorant that Americans wero on this front. Tho ltolshcvlk leaders wero using us-ing every precaution to prevent this from becoming known. Tho death pen-nlty pen-nlty wns Imposed on any one caught reading nllled proclamations. |