Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-03
CONFLICTING
REPORTS OF
SEA Dat TIE
PetrOgrad Claims Victory;
Other Reports Say
Russians Fled.
REPORTS GERMAN CRUISER
WAS DRIVEN ASHORE
-
Vesse! Referred To, However.
- Is Believed to Be Mine
Layer.
SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK
BY ALLIES SUBMARINES
British Torpedo Turkish Troop
Ship Snd Russians Sink
81 Merchant Vessels.
SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK
BY ALLIES SUBMARINES
British Torpedo Turkish Troop
Ship >,nd Russians Sink
s. Merchant Vessels.

Details of the naval battle between
Russian and German cruisers in the
Baltic yesterday apparently were
lost In the fog which enshrouded the
scene of the engagement.
The official story of the action from
Petrograd claims that a Russian
cruiser squadron drove a German
cruiser ashore, but all official reports
agree that the vessel which met
disaster was the mine-layer Alba
tross.
Petrograd claims that the German
vessels retired before the Russian at
tack, while unofficial accounts of the
engagement declare that Russias S
warships had to retire before supe-
rior numbers after a battle lasting
half day.
The submarines of the entente al
lies had their innings yesterday.
From Athens 1t is reported that
Turkish troop ship was sunk in the
sea of Marmora by a British sub
mersible, while Petrograd claims that
Russian submarine obtained a
heavy bag of merchant ships in the
Black sea.
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, July 3 (via London,
1896 A. m) ).--When the Russian
naval squadron in the Baltic gave
battle to, five German cruisers ana a
hotilla of torpedo boats off the east
coast of Gothland, on July z, one
German cruiser was beached and the
other warships were put to fight ae-
cording to an official statement issued
TODAY by the Russian admiralty un-
der date of July .. The damage to
the Russian cruisers. the statement
adds, was Insignificant.
The text of the statement follows:
This morning DULY p along the
parallel of the Oestegarn lighthouse,
on the east coast of the island of
Gothland, our cruisers encountered
in a fog two of the enemy's light
cruisers and some torpeuo boats and
engaged them in battle.
"At o'clock in the morning a Ger
man cruiser, badly damaged, lowered
her flag and ran ashore. The other
cruiser and the torpedo boats fed
"At 10 o'clock our squadron en-
countered the armored cruiser Room,
one light cruiser and one torpedo
boat and renewed the battle.
"At 1920 o'clock the enemy began
to retire toward the south. During
the retreat the enemy was Joined by
another light cruiser This vessel
was attacked by our cruisers and fed.
AT 80 o'clock the pursuit ceased.
After the battle our squadron was
unsuccessfully attacked by sub
marines.
The damage to our cruisers was
quite Insignificant
BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, July (via London.
1126 a. m.).--The activity of Rus
sian submarine in the Black sea is
recounted in an official statement is
sued by the admiralty today. The
undersea boat sank two Turkish
steamers and one sailing ship, with
cargoes of coal and provisions, and
then exchanged shots with three ar
mored schooners off the mouth of the
Bosporus, driving them ashore.
The text of the statement follows:
"a Russian submarine in the Black
sea today torpedoed and sank a
steamer of $500 tons. 1t then set fire
TO and sank a sailing ship of 1900
tons. Subsequently a small steamer
was sent to the bottom. The three
vessels were in the neishborhood of
Kesken and were laden with coal and
provisions.
THE submarine also shelled an
other steamer anchored in the river
and several coal-laden barges and
tug were driven ashore.
Near the mouth of the Bosporus
the submarine came~into action with
an armored schooner After an ex-
change of shots this vessel with two
ot!l-r of e similar type were run
ashore"
BY the United Press.
COPENHAGEN, July 3.-Ten cruis-
ers and twenty torpedo boats were
engaged in the Thursday night naval
battle off the Island of Gothland, in
which the German mine layer Alba
tross was beached and destroyed. In
'uded among the twenty-one dead
buried on Gothland was Captain
Lowenherd, of the Albatross.
Dispatches from Petrograd today
reported that a German cruiser was
badly damaged and forced ashore and
advices from Swedish points report
the destruction of a German torpedo
boat 1t is believed here, however,
that those reports are erroneous and
that the German mine layer sent
ashore on Gothland was the cruiser"
mentioned in Petrograd dispatches
Complete details of the engagement
are lacking, but reports from Goth
land today Indicate that a German
squadron, attempting to cover the
debarkation of German troops on the
Russian coast south of Windau. was
attacked by fiotilla of Russian de-
stroyers. The Russians closed In
upon the German torpedo boats and
inflicted heavy damage to several be-
fore fast German cruisers dashed into
action and forced the Russians to re-
tire northward.
The mine layer Albatross, unable to
escape because of her low speed, re-
ceived the concpnts'et ~ y sew
eral Russia was
struck twen was
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