Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-23
Capitals Of the Entente Al
lies Jubilant Over Un
expected Victory.
ELEVEN OF SHIPS SUNK
Perograd Claims Surviving
Units of Enemy Fleet
Driven to Sea.

London. aug. 23-Reuters CORES
ponaent at Peuograd tsIegrapbs that
taa Russian naval success has come
as 8 grsat relief to the capital, after
the strain Of the last week The pub
lie celebration lasted until late last
night After gathering in front Of the
government buildings, crowds march
ed ~ The British embassy.
London. Aug %, l2.17 p. m.}-The
capitals of the entente allies are jubi-
liant today over the unexpected victory
zh.ah rhe Russians. according TO their
accounts. have won ia the gulf Of Riga.
England had more than a sympathetic
interest tn the battle. as a British sub
marine accounted for the German bat
tie cruiser Ioltke, the loss of which,
added 10 the destruction of two cruis-
ers. eight torpedo boats and four
transports constitutes the greatest
naval disaster suffered by Germany
during the war
For the last week both Petrograd
and Berlin have been sending meager
reports Of naval operations in the gulf
mean that Germany was attempting
20 land forces for the purpose of sup
porting the left flank Of Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg in mis- efforts to
overruu the whole of Courlaud and
thereby establish his armies along the
coast route to the Russian capital
The official Russian report claim
ing q decisive victory for the allies.
together with the expulsion of the
surviving units of the German naval
forces from the gulf, contains few de
tails in addition to an enumeration OF
German losses s-,-z4s--xa. i assumed that in
asmUch as PetFograd announced sew
eral days ago that her large warships
had retired from the gulf the mosgui-
70 Hotlla assisted by submarines and
land defenses. wreaked unexpected
damage on a part of the German feet
and the transports
May Auay Russ Depression.
The moral effect Of this action on
the Russian people is expected in Lon
don fo be great. as it probably viii do
much to ailay the depression incident
to the continued Russian retreat.
which has been arrested nowhere eI-
cept in the northern sector, from Riga
TO KcvnO.
British military critics regard the
Baltic advance of the Germans as OF
supreme Importance, If the invaders
really contemplate marching on Pc
trograd- On that account the Russian
naval victory may be Of large effect on
the German plans
From the Franco-Belgian front
comes reports Of artillery duels, unac-
companted by infantry activity.
Gunboat Only Loss of Russ.
Patrograd. Aug. @. via London,
2.#0j-The little Russian gunboat
Sjvatch. with a crew OF 14S men, is
said by the Petrograd newspapers to
be the only Russian warsbip lost in
1he battle in the gulf of Riga Com
mar6er Tcherkassov, who distinguish
ed himself at Port Arthur, was in
charge of the Sivutch The number
Of survivors has not been announced,
Although the president Of the duma
announced that the German battle
cruiser Moltke had been sunk by a
British submarine there still appears
30 be some doubt whether it was the
NoltSe or a vessel of that type which
was sent TO the bottom.
The only other German warship Of
tae type Of the Moltke. according to
1918 naval records, is the battle
cruiser Goebeu, sold to Turkey in 1914
ani renamed the Sultan Selim.
Petrograd, Aug. %. (via London,
1880 p. m.@-The recent naval battle
IN the gulf Of Riga is described as fol-
lows in a statement from navy head
quarters.
The German feet on Aug. IS re
newed with large forces its attacks on
our positions at the entrance to the
gulf Of Riga Our ships during the
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