861.00/5031: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:38 p.m.]
2798. Following from [Cole at] Archangel:
“1377, August 13, 6 p.m. The entire Bolshevik force on the Dvina River consisting of 6,000 was either captured, killed or scattered by an attack on Sunday carried out by about 3,000 British and 1,000 Russians who moved forward in the forests on both sides of the river completely outflanking all Bolshevik positions. Up to last night 1,840 prisoners have been registered and several hundred more are to come in. Bolshevik casualties were very heavy; 12 field guns, a large number of machine guns, 2,000 rifles and much ammunition was captured. The British intelligence bureau states that there are now no effective Bolshevik forces between our front and Kotka [Kotlas?]. Cole.[”]