Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Russia

861.00/5194: Telegram

The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Acting Secretary of State

Peking, undated.
[Received September 12, 1919, 6:43 a.m.]

From [Harris at] Omsk.

“381. September 11, 2 p.m. General Siberian advance apparently now beginning. Northern army has advanced thirty kilometres. Central army has inflicted heavy losses on Bolsheviki. Southern army is within sixty versts of Kurgan. Last few days fighting resulted in Siberian Army capturing 2,200 prisoners, 80 machine guns and 19 heavy guns. Bolsheviki southern army are in flight. Harris.”

Reinsch