The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-26
BRITISH SUBMARINE
SUNK DREADNAUCHT
Petroqrad Tells Of Nava! Fight
at Riga.
CREW OF GUNBOAT PRAISED
Small Craft, Enveloped In Flames,
Continued to Reply Shot for Shot
Until She Went Down-Teu-
tons Attacked in Fog.

Petrograd, Aug. pam official
statement issued here gives the Ger.
man losses In the battle in Riga gulf
as one dreadnaught, two cruisers and
eight torpedo boats. Although the
president of the duma has stated that
the dreadnaught was the Moltke. there
is a belief that it might have been an
other German warship of that type.
A British submarine is given credit
for the sinking of the dreadnaught.
Crew of Gunboat Praised.
The captain and crew of the gun
boat Sivutch. the only Russian loss
acknowledged in the battle, are high
ly praised for their courageous stand
against odds that finally sent them to
the bottom, fighting TO the last on
red hot decks and taking heavy toll
from the enemy.
The German feet on August Is re-
newed with large forces its attacks
on our positions at the entrance to
the Gulf of Riga" states the war min
istry. "Our ships during the 10th and
18th repused the attacks of the enc
my, whose secret preparations for en-
tering the gulf had been favored sin
guarly.
Attack During Fog.
Taking advantage of thick fog,
hostile forces Of considerable size en-
tered the gulf on the 18th and our
vessels retired at the same time, con-
tnuing to resist the enemy without
losing touch with him.
"On the 18th and goth the enemy
reconnoitered in different directions,
at the same time keeping up the fight
with our ships, In which his torpedo
boat fiotila suffered material losses.
On our side we lost the gunboat
Sivutch, which persisted gloriously in
an unequal fight with an enemy cruis-
er which was escorting torpedo craft.
and came up to distance of 400 yards
from her.
Gunboat Fights to the End.
The Sivutch, enveloped in flames,
continued to reply shot for shot until
she sank, having previously sunk
enemy torpedo boats. In view of the
losses suffered and the futility OF his
efforts the enemy appears to have
evacuated the Gulf of Riga on August
2l. Between August Is and 81 two
enemy cruisers and no less than eight
torpedo boats we're either sunk or
placed hors de combat Simultaneous
ly our gallant allies succeeded in tor
pedoing in the Baltic one Of the most
powerful dreadnaughts Of the German
fleet"
Almost Last Shot Finds Target.
The attacks on the Sivutch by the
German cruiser and torpedo boats
began, il is stated, at 800 yards. The
was commanded by Commander Tcher-
kassev. who distinguished himself at
Port Arthur at the age of twenty-one.
The ship returned the fire and stub
bornly held her position in the un.
equal combat that sealed her doom
as 1t progressed At the close Of the
encounter the opponents were within
400 yards of each other and the
Sivutch, enveloped in flames. her
decks red hot, returned shot for shot
up to the very instant OF her sinking.
Almost the last shot from the gun
boat sank a German torpedo boat. 1t
Is not known If any of the crew of
the Sivutch survived
The Russian naval success has come
as great relief to the capital after
the strain OF the last week and the
public celebration lasted until late at
night. Crowds marched cheering
from the government buildings to the
British embassy where they INDUCED
in friendly demonstration.
Russ in Sudden Attack.
The commander of the Russian feet
seems to have confidently delayed
operations until the whole of the enc.
my squadron was well within the
closed waters Of the gulf and four
transports had landed their army OF
about 5000 soldiers at Parnov Bay. on
the northeast shore.
Then the Russian navy swooped
down in a whitening attack, which de.
lay on their part had made unex.
pected.
While the guns Of the ears war.
ships were demoishing the flower of
the kaiser's navy, land troops in wait.
ing for that purpose closed in on the
5000 men already landed or in pro.
cess of effecting landing, ami com.
| pletely annihilated them