The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-24
Submarine Fleet Operating For
Defense Of Russian Coast and
Harbors Gets Credit For Dis
aStrouS Defeat of .Germanics
MANY OF THE RAIDERS @
49,. WERE OF BRITISH NAVY
Strongest Division Of Ships
! Kaiser Has Sent Into Action
Since Beginning Of War Prac-
ticaIIy Wiped Out BY Wasps
tAs.Oeiated Press by Federal wirslsss.,

\ CAssoeisted Press by Federal wirslsss.)
II oNDON, August 24.--Practically
IL all the credit for the defeat of
the German fleet in the Gulf Of
Riga on Friday night and Saturday
morning goes to the submarine feet
operating for the defense Of the Rus
sian coast aud harbors, made mp in
very large part by British undersea
fighters, which have been slipping
through the waters Of the Skkkerrak
and Cattegat for the past several \
weeks, seeking their chances at the
German warships.
In the recent engagement on the Island
of Gotland, one German battleship, the,
Pommern, went down before a British
torpedo. In the Gulf Of Riga, one
5iaaktle-erGseT, the Moliks, srtEo, eth.p
cruisers, unidentified, and one anxil.
iary cruiser were smitten, while eight
torpedo boats, attempting TO guard the
greater fighting crafts, were hit, one
after the other, or were sunk by
mines. "a "a ~.
Submarines And Mines Used ,lN ..
A report from the Petrograd cor
respondent of a London daily quotes
an admiralty official, who states that.
when the German feet, consisting Of
number of the greatest lighting
crafts of the Kaiser's navy, managed
to slip past the shore batteries at the
mouth of the gulf, under cover Of
milky fog, the admiral in command
of the Russian light cruiser feet rec
ognized the fact that it would be sui
cidaI to oppose, the Germans with his
vessels Fka1.. y
Accordingly, he withdrew under COW
er of the coast batteries and left the
issue with the British submarines and
the mines, and these defeated and
drove back the strongest feet Ger
many has yet sent into action so far
in the war.
German Submarine Lost ...,
An official despatch from Petrograd
last night announces that in addition
to the cruisers and destroyers sunk in
the Gulf of Riga battle, q German
submarine, chased by Russian destroy
ers, in an effort to escape dashed it
self ashore on Dagoe Island, the en-.
tire crew being drowned and the yes
sci rendered total wreck.
Yesterday further naval losses for
Germany were registered. A British
fleet of river gunboats and light cruis-
ers bOmbarded the German positions on
the Belgian coast at Zeebruge, eigh-
teen miles northeast from Ostend, and
at Duinbergen, the port Of Knocke. y
few miles northeast of Zeebruge. The
shore batteries were sileneed and the
British gunners concentrated their fre
on the supposed submarine bases Of
the Germans. 5-.. .
British Shells Do Damage ..s' .-.
That considerable damage was In.
hictcd by the British shells Is evil
hIu'Sh liOm al
concerning the bombardment issued by
the German admiralty, which states
that one outpost boat was sunk of
Duinbergen and that two destroyers
were sunk at Zeebruge. A number
from the crews of the destroyers were
saved, says the Berlin despatch. The
report Of the German admiralty comes
via Amsterdam. ..'...
al a.. IA
German submarine, In a fight with two
French, destroyers, was also sunk on
Osten1 TT
Correspondents Of the NstherisRd
, newspapers in Germany report that tAs
German press has made 10 mention of
the defeat of the German haA, IN sss
Gulf Of Riga battle, although prom.
inence Is given to the details of, the
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