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Show I Lloyd george defends soviet war on poles I RED FORCES GET HOLD ON POLISH RAILROAD LINE Another Road Put in Shape to Transport Material From Danzig B0LSHEVIKI CAPTURE CANNON FROM FOES ! Soviets Sponsor Formation of Revolutionary Commissions in Captured Cities PARIS. Aug. 10 Th Russians hnvo captured the town of Clechanow. thus cutting the Warsaw-Danzig railway rail-way according to reports from the French m!litar mission to Warsaw received by the foreign office toda. Reports were current in Paris Monday Mon-day that soviet troops had reached Ciechanow, severing the direct line of communication between Warsaw and Daneig, oer which Poland has been receiving munitions and supplies from allied sources and yesterday's Polish onimunlq,ue conceded that Bolshev'k detachments had occupied Clecanow for a brief time ( uher dispatches report that the Poles have repaired a more roundabout round-about line between Warsaw and Danzig. Dan-zig. WOULD CUT ROAD WARSAW, Aug 10. (By the Associated As-sociated Press) Clechanow, 35 miles northwest of Warsaw, has been reached reach-ed b Bolsheviki detachments, which lare. attempting to reach the Wafshaw-Danzig Wafshaw-Danzig railroad, according to an official offi-cial statement issued last niglu It la Indicated that the soviet forces were , 'Iriv.-n la-k following their entry into the town. No Important changes In 1 1 ho rest of the battle line northeast 'and east of Warsaw rvre shown In the 'statement, which follows "Bolshevik detachments, concentrating concen-trating their pressure towards the I Danzig railroad .occupied Clechanow for a short time East of Bledloe, the Pples are regrouping their forces. Between Be-tween the Bug and Narew risers, the situation is inactive. Polish detachments that re-occupied Brod) have expelled the enemy from Radzlwlloff, capturing a batter Of cannon and machine guns. North I Of Brody the enemy Is actively preparing pre-paring nn attack to the westward Between Be-tween the Ctrlpa and Sereth rivers our forces have defeated the Bolsheviki. Bolshe-viki. taking -lOu prisoners Including a regimental staff, and capturing machine ma-chine guns." ANOTHER RAILROAD LONDON. Aug 10. In view of the i soviet threat to cut the direct railway from Warsaw to Danzig the Poles have I repaired the line between the two cities which runs hv the way of Thorn. Krumberg and Dlrm h u: .s.iys the London Lon-don Times. This road Is twice the l ngth of the other, but is outside the area of military operations. FIERCE BATTLE FOUGHT JOHANNESBURG, Kast Prussia.. Aug D i By the Associated Press A bat Uc lasting two days was fought before the Russian bolsheviki were able to overcome Polish resistance before t'strolenka, according to a Polish Po-lish courier who arrived today Dispatches Dis-patches state that the soviet troops captured 36 cannon in that city. Aftor the fall of Ostrolcnku, the Polish forces were pursued by Bolsh-j vik cavsjrj and it is reported there hat, been severe fighting in the vlclnl-' ty of Mlawa, which is still held by the! Poles After capturing Clechanow the Bolshevik! swung southward toward' I'ultulsk, 30 miles north of Warsaw, I it Is said. Revolutionary workmen's commissions commis-sions have been established with the j consent of the Bolsheviki, at Koino, land Lomia, two Polish towiis taken last week. 1 no |