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Show I DECISIVE BATTLE FOUGHT IN RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Defeat of the Bolshevik army on the Ekaterinburg- front in a decisive battle by an army of loyal Russians, was reported today in, an official dispatch to tho Russian, embassy from the Omsk government. gov-ernment. The message said the disorganized dis-organized Bolshevikl were retreating north-ward txrward Perm, and that this was the first independent action of moment against the Bolshevik! and part of a campaign that was expected to unite some of tho loyal districts of Russia -and Siberia. Much war equipment and booty was captured. The embassy was informed that Attain At-tain an Don toff, commanding the Cossack Cos-sack troops of Orenburg, had asked General Semcnoff to submit to tho authority au-thority of Admiral Kolchal:, dictatoi of the Omsk government. It was indicated in-dicated in the cablegram that the people peo-ple of Siberia were united in support of Kolchak. |