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

861.00/5406: Telegram

The Vice Consul at Viborg (Imbrie) to the Secretary of State

Viborg, October 16, 1919.
[Received October 17, 1:57 a.m.]

116. Under cover of fire from British fleet, Russian troops are being landed in neighborhood of Krasnaya Gorka with capture of that fort as objective. White advance continues; their troops are within ten versts of Gatchina the capture of which is expected today. Bolsheviks morale [apparent omission] their retreat at times becoming a rout.

Imbrie