Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-26
President of the Russian Duma
Also Reports the Destruction
of Three Other Cruisers and
Seven Torpedo Boats.
|hvAO|AG FLEET WI1HO2 j HN
Emperor William with Several
Generals Has Entered Cap
tured Fortress of NovogeOrg-
ievsk after Reviewing Troops
and Thanking Them.

| The naval battle in which German
and Russian warships have been en-
gagged for several days in the Gulf Of
Riga has resulted in the German fleet
Withdrawing. after having lost the
battle cruiser Moltke. a warship of the
freadnought type three other cruisers
and seven torpedo toat., according 70
R~statement credited 70 tho president
81 the Russian Dyma
/ This Is the latest infornation, con-
corning the German naval attack
which was undertaken as a measure
I Of operation with the Teutonic land
operations In Courland, and especially
against the important port OF Riga.
The significance Of the German with
draual is not brought out In the Pet
rograd despatch and no mention is
made in II Of any Russian losses A
German report of Saturday announced
that the Russians had lost three small
warShips--two gunboats and a torpedo
boat
The Noltke was one Of the larger
war vessels Of the German navy. ca nry-
ing a complement of 1,1o7 men in times
of peace. The types of the other
cruisers which are said tn have been
sent to the bottom are not mentioned.
Emperor William of Germany. with
several of his generals. has entered the
captured fortress Of Novogeorgievsk.
the last Russian stronghold in Poland
to stand out against the German "a
vance. The Emperor reviewed the
troops and expressed his thanks to
them for their accompls hment
No vital change is recorded in the
fighting in Poland and the Baltic prov
inces. desperate battle Is being
fought along the Kovo-vilna railroad
and the Niemen river.
Berlin reports that the army of General
Won Eichborn has made further progress
east and south Of Kovno while the forces
Of General Won Gallwitz have penetrated
further south Of the Narew and have
crossed the Bialystok Brest-Litovsk rail
way. An official despatch from Petro
grad. however. saws that the whole linz
q this railway remains in the hands o.
the Russians, although Brest-Litovsl IS
almost within the zone Of guntire
In the western theatre the fighting has
consisted mainly of artillery duels on
various sectors and no important changes
In the line have resulted anywhere
on the Ausro-Ttal,an front there have
been artillery COMPARTMENTS and here
and there infantry attacks In which the
Italians claim advances for their troops
at several points, notably in the upper
Boite region where several Austrian
trenches are declared to have been
taken.
Petrograd records for the Russians an
advance on the River Arkhave, Asiatic
turkey. and the rspulse Of Turkish
attack near Olti, In addition the Rus
SANS Black sea fleet destroy-ers have
sunk more than 100 Turkish boats, prob
ably all Of them cargo vessels.
Nothing has come through with regard
70 the lighting or the Gallpoli peninsula.
On the political side Of the war NJ.
Nenizelos has accepted the post Of prime
minister Of Greece and in addition will
hoid the portfolio Of minister Of fereisn
enars 1t Is expected In Europe that
With the resumption OF power OF venizelo,
tne uncertain Balkan situation will begin
T. clarity itself