Arizona republican., 1915-08-24
German Naval Reverses III
Gulf of Riga and Baltic,
Military Observers Be
ieNc, Ends Advance on
Russian Capital.
GERMAN NAVAL
BASE ATTACKED
British Fleet Numbering
Forty Ships, According t.
Berlin Report. Is Bonn
harding Naval Base at
Zeebrugye-No Details.
IAssoclArED PRESS D1sPArcHI

LONDON Aug 23-rhe German
naval reverses in the Gulf of Riga ana
THE Baltic. the German success in
occupying the fortress of Ossowetz
and the British naval battle off the
German naval base of Zeebrugge fur
uished a series Of new features which
temporarily diverted attention from
The gravity of the issues growing
out of the sinking of the Arabic
The German version of the Riga
IattIe was not given out. but tho
defiuIteness of the official Russian re
port on the sinking or Gripping of
the German battle cruiser. Moltke, /
tv.o other cruisers. and eight torpedo /
boats sent a wave Of enthusiasm
thro- ehout the country. and diSpelled :
depression over the Russian retreat on
land. Aside from the loss of the +
German ships the naval engagement ,
iS regarded as chiefly important for /
rhe strategic effect upon land opera 4
tirns in the German sweep eastward .
toward Petrograd, which military OBJ
servers now consider checked, an1
possibly irreparably defeated.
The capture of Ossowetz gives the .
Germans another stronghold, only
Grodno and Brest Litovsk remaining
in the central section. Ii also gives
lEtn a mann point On tAl- runway .
to BielSk and Brest 'Litovsk.
only meaeer details We're received I
of the British hombardment Of the
German naval base at Zeebrugge and
reishboriug points on the Belgian
coast Berlin reports forty British
ships were engaged
The British admiralty has as yet
made NO statement The firing lasted
for hours. the German heavy ar
-lllerv answering the fire. There has
been naval activity in the same re-
gians according to Paris. which an
nounces the sinking of % German tor
peao boat by two French torpedo
loats The German center in Rus
sia has pressed forward steadily until
Prince Leopold is near the Russian
uels line Of defense, but military oh
servers say the entire campaign
hinges on the vast enveloping move
rllert ~ Field Marshall Won Hinden-
lurE-s force in the north. They had
succeeded in pushing far beyond Rigga
ts Jaeobstadt on the Dvina but the
Russians hold on TO the Gulf of Riga
and Of the great naval base at Riga
which was continual menace to Won
HIndenburgs rear. This. the OBJ
servers say led to the shifting of
German capital ships including the
Moltke from the North Sea 10 the
Baltic with the purpose OF controlling
RiEa- and thus protecting the German
land advance on Petrugrad.
The result Of the naval battle. as p,
CLEANED from an official report ap I
pears TO have definitely defeated the
German objective according to observ-
.rs who say that aside from the loss
of ships the Gulf and the naval base
~ Eiga- are still in Russian hands and
a menace To- Won Hindenburg's fur
Their advance toward Petrograd.
Several reports from Petrograd in
dicate the Russian position at Brest
-Iitovsk is gradually becoming unten-
able and at present the public is
l.eing prepared for its abandonment.
In the west there has been no not
a bIs- changes in the battle lines.
A dispatch in the Morning Post from
Petrograd. said; In addition to the
German losses previously reported in
the Riga battle. a German submarine
ran ashore on the coast of Dago Island
,iust outside the gulf and doubtless
was also lost"
Another Cruiser Lost
LONDON Tuesday, Aug. 2f.-Reu-
ter's Petrograd correspondent says a
statement from the Rus I
sian capital adds another auxiliary ]
cruiser to the previous list of German
losses in the Gulf of Riga.
Outpost Boat Sunk
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 24.-An official