The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1919, Page 6

HOW YANKS IN RUSSIA FOUGHT ~ BOLSHEVIKI; , OUTNUMBERED: THEY WIN WINTER CAMPAIGN Washington, D. C. March 31—Up near the Arctic circle, amid the ice and snow of northwestern. Russia, | tl a proximately 5000 American soldiers 0 have been fighting the Bolsheviki and the Germans for eight months are preparing to leave for home as soon as_the weather permits. In a climaté sometimes as cold as 22 below zero, these men—the ma- jority drafted from Michigan—have | undergone hardships such as gur_sol- diers, who are: now returning from France knew nothing of. NO STORY OF EXPLOITS KEPT IN. WASHINGTON When I set out to gather from the war department the facts about the Archangel expedition, I found that not even' the general staff nor the army war college, which is the his- torical branch of the army, had enough information to form.a co! nected story of the expedition’s ex- ploits. In the office of General Peyton C. March, chief of staff an attache told | me: “Communication with Archangel has been so ‘difficult that the official reports from Col. George E. Stewart, commander of the expedition, and from Col. James A. Rusgies, military | intelligence attache at Archangel, | have far between, mostly confined to reports of casualties and the physical welfare of the men.” From the facts I did obtain, how- ever. it is possible to pice together a sketchy story covering the ‘high spots of the expedition. Its history really dates back to February, 1918, when the allied am- bassadors at Petrograd found it neces- sary to flee from the Russian capital to Archangel. That turned Ameri- can attention to Russia. In the fol- lowing month. the Germans began to occupy parts, of Finland, and again it became apparent to the allied gov- sheviki had signed #-new treaty, re- uiring them to join forces to expel e. allies from Russia, IN TEN DAYS THEY ADVANCE 100 MILES. By August 15 the British-American expedition, accompanied by several companies of pro-ally Russion troops, had marched 100 miles southward along the road, without encounteri: On August tives at Arc -| the Dvina turn the Brest-Litovsk peace trea’ In the meantime the American forces were aiding refugees, American. and | operations went forward under diffi- -| culties. | and the Reds were forced to withdraw The Bolsheviki had began to en- trench themselves along the Dvina, and on October 19 they forced the aHies to withdraw for six miles. But another Amgrican force then started a move-| ment southward along the Onega river, which is 70 miles west, of the’ Dvina, to outflunk the soviét ‘forcés. © This! forced unother retreat of the Reds, and the Americans, together with a British detuchmest, captured ‘the city of Sheb- kursk, on the Vaga, Oc! Here they were reinforced by ‘con- siderable numbers of Russian tribes- men, On Noy. 15 the Bosheyiki open- ed a heavy /bomburdment of the allied lines along the Dvina, but the allies replied so effectively that the Red: suffered heavy casualties, Winter now set in and the country became frozen up, so that military The Dvina became blocked with ice, their gunboats and abandon their. ef-, forts to drive the Americans back down’ Snow and ice hemmed in the Yanks and British between. the ri¥ers Vaga and Dvina and separated them from the Bolsheviki. ‘+| of the weather. _ The secret of ‘todo spirit, that natura! by toning dp the tn ema iknow Dr Paward Edwards’ Olive Tab eta by thelr olive color We and 25c per All'druggists,. re of: Vologda. A force of Siberian ing on Vologda from tlie Ural moun: tains front to the east, and the Amer- ican operation was timed to be in con- Junction with ‘it. Qn’ December 30 the 339th infantry accompanied by .a! Polish legion, a Freneh’ infantry Getachment, Canadian artillery and Ruggian volunteers, ad- vanced fifteen miles up the Onega*riv. er 40 miles west of the'Archangel railroad and captured the city of Kadish, one 6f of the larger towng in ‘Archangel. pro: Tince. (This improved the allied ont- Dost itions eonsiderably. Fighting ‘around Kadish ‘continued- for >several days, the allfed forces being outnumber- ed'by the Bolsheviki three 'to one. ‘They succeeded, however, in’ holding their pesitions araund*Kadish. The, Aiericans and their allies now were scattered over a wide front in northern ‘Russia, ‘and it was impossible to consolidate. their: various positions into an unbroken front, chiefly because In the early part of January the make up. of the allied expedition was Axseping young is to fee} you must watch your there's no bora ch shouldbe enboyed me ee ana Czecho-Slovak troops tere‘ mov- |: p Hi Albert, if you're on the trail et “ Hi QUT a pipe in your face that's filled cheerily brimfal of Prince ‘of smoke peace! For, P. A: will sing you a song of tobacco joy that will make you wish:your ‘ life job was to'see how much of the national joy smoke you could get away with every twenty-four hours! You can “carry on” with Prince Albert through thick and thin. ‘ You'll be after laying down a smoke barrage that'll mialie the \ boys think of the old front line in France! P. A. never tires your taste because it has the’ ality! And, : ernments that some action was neces- ‘et it slip into your think-tank that P, approximately ag follows? sary ‘in ester Russia. ane new, British government of North Russia as! “a assurance the allies for help. 4 Frenel sive patented process that cuts out bite and parch: England and France, therefore, Buesiong ir that you can hit smoke-secord-high-spots seven days out of sent détachments of marines €, Kola, on the Murman coast, to protect the + Murman coast to Petrograd, and the vast war supplies that had been gath- ered along this railroad. The Fin- nish White }Guards “were advancing 1 to seize thi§ road. FIRST U. S. MARINES LANDED LAST JULY On July 1 a detachment of Unit- ed States marines landed at Kola to co-operate with the French and Brit-| ish in this work. The marines are still there, so far as is known. * ImP CUT HG BURNING PIPE TeBsAcCO Poles and, others a Total 14,200 Against this: small force the soviet government had sent a force estimated at 25,000 men, with 150 machine guns, 66 field guns and 9, six-inch guns. Thus yastly outnymbered, the Michi- gan boys and-their allies were: forced to fight under tremendous difficulties. They marched-through great fir forests in snow up to their waists, in darkness On Nov. 28 ‘the allies began a new |Nor twenty hours of every day—for the supplies, sometimes reindeer. or dog drawn. But despite all thir difficul- ties, the Ambrican troops maintained perfect health, disci MMM PRESENT FRONT miOLost WHR FARTHEREST american anvanct \™, |\Map to illustrate ‘Geldhof’s Story of the Americans’ Campaign Against the Bolsheviki in Northern Russia. otherwise, to escape from Russia to! On July’ 30 General Pershing cabl-| Stockholm by advaice up the Pi days. in #the north country are only “ed that on recommendation of ‘Gener-! ‘The Bolsh ,| joins the Dvina 60: miles ubove Areb- | fours long iu midwinter. For shelter] AYMOTY. “al Foch, he had detached the 339th | along the River oh angel, Marching over frozew swamps | they built rough’ lean-tos or occupied “regiment of infantry from the 8th into the White Sea at Archangel und snow ed roads, the Yanks| the lag huts of the'peusants scattered | chastra, here und there ulong the few roads that run south of Archangel. - Sleds were ‘used for “transpertiog 3 =] Attention __ Don't Suffer ee af From Piles 78division and sent ‘it to. Archangel on! © British transports. The 339th was made up largely of men from De-) troit, empoyes of automobile fac- tories, and was in command of’ Col.} George: E. Stewart. ittle later Pershing reported he and the. Russions took many Bolshevik prisoners, and by Dec. 1 had ‘captured the towns of Shetagorskoie and, Kar- pagorskoi, 120 miles from Pinega. By this time the whole western end of the Republic of the North was under.aljied |) September on American and Rus: {force was sent southward along the| Dvina to-disperse them. The Bolshe-, yiki had several gunboats in the Dvina, and two of these were sunk by allied! troops and naval units. Three guns vited.:” also were captured, und*several towns | control. had sent Oe asneniee ithe: sith were occupies Then followed anoth operation 5p At the same time’ the allied trops, whieh, had ‘for: its obje and, the, 337th “Ambulance company to sorte can: i ’ Arch PES These units, also, came >from the 85th division, and were made up of men from Michigan and Wisconsin. The total number was} 5334. A detachment of British troops also was sent to Archangel, and the whole | expedition was placed in command of General Ironsides of the British army. Experience of the quartermaster corps in supplying troops in Alaska operating farther north, in Kola pe sula, had driven the Finnish White4 Guards back across the border and cleared the Murman coast and the Kola peninsula. By the middle of October the Bol- sheviki, considerably reinforced on the Dvina, began a series of heavy attacks against the Americans, Ouh boys were outnumbered and driven from sveral of the towns they had occupied, but their casualties were not heavy. BUICK and We have several téats and menthat areavailable for imme diate work—hauling, teaming or ‘cleaning up~before our -OAKLAND : ae ict Valve i in Head Motors ’ ‘CORWIN MOTOR CO. regular— flered he called into play to equip the ex- 5 It Will De for You. 4 pedition. In addition to the regular| On October 16 the American-Rus- Pyrainid Pile ~Treatment ~ gives overseas equipment the men got fur; sian force repulsed another heavy at-| quick relief from itching, bleeding . Bismarck, N. D. 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