Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-24
M0[TKE SUNK
BY RUSSIANS
IN RIGA BAY.
Russians Win Naval Engage
mcnt Before Riga; Sever
al Boats Sunk.
GERMAN ADVANCE
STILL CONTINUES.
Zebrugge Bombarded by British
Battleships With Little
Results.

London, Aug. 23.-The German ma.
val reverses in the Gulf of Riga and
the Baltic sea, the German successes
in occupying the fortress of .Osseo-
wetz, and a British naval lombard
ment of the German naval base ct
Zeebrugge, today, furnished q series
of news features. which temporarily
diverted attention from the gravity
of the issues growing out of the sink.
ing Of the White Star Line steamship,
Arabic, by German submarine.
The German version of the Riga
battle has not yet been given out, but
the definiteness of the official Russian
report on the sinking or crippling Of
the German battle cruiser Moltke,
two other cruisers and eight torpedo
boats has sent a wave of enthusiasm
throughout the country and dispelled
the depression over the Russian re.
treat on land. Aside from the loss Of
the German ship. the naval engage.
ment is regarded chiefly important
for the strategic effect upon the land
operation in the German sweep east
ward toward Petrograd, which mill
tary observers now consider as hav-
ing been checked and possibly IRE.
parably defeated.
Germans Press On.
The German center has pressed for.
ward steadily until Prince Leopold OF
Bavaria is near the Russian new
line Of defense, but he military OBJ
servers say the entire campaign hing
es on the vast military movement of
Field Marshall Won Hindenberg in the
north.
They have succeeded in pushing far
beyond Riga, but the Russians hold
on the Gulf Of Riga and on the great
naval base Of Riga which was q con-
tinued menace in Won Hindenberg'
rear. '...,. .-.'
This, military observers say, led to
the sinking Of number Of German
ships. including the Moltke, from the
North Sea to the Baltic, with the pur-
pose of controlling Riga and thus pre-.
pairing a German land advance on Pet
rograd. The result of the naval battle
as cleaned from the official report
definitely defeated the German objec.
tive, according to the observers who
say aside from the loss of the ship
the gulf and the naval base of Riga
are still in Russian hands, and menace
Won Hindenberg's further advance to-
ward Petrograd. o.
Capture ossowetz.
The capture by the Germans of the
fortress of Ossowetz gives them an.
other stronghold, only Grodno and
Brest-Litovsk remaining in the CEN
trail section. 1t also gives them the
main point on the railway to Bielsk
and Brest-Litovsk. Ill.
Special reports from Petrograd IN.
dicate that the Russian position at
Brest-Litovsk gradually is becoming
otenable. and that the public Is be
ing prepared 70 rits abandonment.
Only meagre details have been re-
ceived concerning the British bonn
bardment of the German submarine
base at Zeebrugge at navaling points
on the Belgian coast. Berlin reports
that forty British ships were engaged
in it, but the British, as yet, have
made no statement. The firing lasted
several hours, the German heavy ar
tillery answering the British fire.
French Are Active.
That there has been French naval
activity in the same locality is shown
in the Paris official communication.
which announces the sinking Of a
German torpedo boat destroyer near
Ostend by two French torpedo boats.
Flushing, Holland, Aug. 23.-Brit-
ish war"hips appeared today off
Knocke, Belgium, and bombarded the
coas:. a.
A press dispatch says that shells
burst over a factory between Zee
brugge and Lisseweghe.
The Germans replied with their
coast defense guns, but their fire fin.
ally ceased.
Heavy clouds of smoke appeared
over Zeebrugge but no fires were Wis.
ible.
Two large British wrships we're
still off Knucke at 9 o'clock this
morning.
| SUBMARINE LOST.
London, August 24.-A dispatch to
the Morning Post from Pelrograd
says:
"In addition to the German losses
previously reported in the Riga bat
tie, a German submarine was run