Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-24
ANOTHER CRUISER ADDED
TO LOSSES OF GERMANS
Submarine Also Said to Have Run
Ashore and Probably Has
Been Lost. ID
BERLIN SILENT ON SUBJECT
No German Account of Naval En-
gagement, and Exact Extent Of
Damage Has Not Been
Determined. III

LONDON, August "a, s:ao
p.m.-From details of the at
tempted German landing in the
Gulf of Riga, last Saturday, as
published in the Novoe Vremya.
it appears, says a dispatch from.
Petrograd to the Central News
Agency, that three large trans
ports, filled with troops, ap-
preached the shore under cover
of German squadron. The Ger
man ships were allowed to come
close to land before terrific ar
tillery fire was opened by the
Russians.
A duel between the cruisers
and shore batteries continued for
two hours, when the last trans
port was sunk. Only a few
crowded boats then remained and
these were soon smashed to pieces
by the Russian fire.
Berlin Remains Silent.
LONDON, August "a, II:4o
a.m.-The latest details concern
ing the Riga naval battle have,
failed to clear up the situation.
Petrograd advices make it appear
certain that the Germans met
with a severe reverse, although
official Berlin reports remain
silent concerning the Russian
claims.
The Russians now state that an
additional cruiser must be added
to those already reported sunk or
put out of action. Whether the
German battle cruiser attacked by
British submarine was sunk re-
mains to be told, the official re-
port from Petrograd having given
no details beyond stating that she
was torpedoed.
Submarine Reported Lost.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Petrograd says:
in addition to the German losses
previously reported in the Riga battle
a German submarine was run ashore
on the coast of Dago Island Gin the
Baltic sea just outside the Gulf OF
Riga) and doubtless also is lost"
There is still no word from the Ger
man side regarding the result of the
naval engagement The German press
appears to be maintaining complete
silence on the subject.
Two Distinct Engagements.
The Russian reports refer to two dis
tinct affairs, one being the torpedoing
of the battle cruiser Moltke. or a yes
sci of the Moltke class, by a British
submarine in the Baltic, and the other
to German attempt to force the
Gulf of Riga, which, it is declared. end
ed Gisastrously for the Germans.
From the information available it
neither side were engaged in the Riga
operations, which on the part of the
Germans were in the nature of mine
clearing work with view to support
lnS an attempt to land troops at Per-
neau, on the eastern shore OF the gull.
tlons with fetroSrad.
Vagueness as to Date.
No date has been given by Petrograd
for the sinking of the cruiser described
as the Moltke, but the naval COR
respondent of the Times assumes that
it was either Wednesday or Thursday.
when, he says. the Germans had man
aged to force an entrance into the Gulf
of Riga, and when, uncertain of the
defense being overcome, they had
moved a supporting force to that vicin-
ity to prevent their ships inside from
being cut off.
According to the same correspondent
the Germans appear to have attempted
to enter the guir by both channels, the
southern OF which was used by the
heavy warships. and by way of Moon
sound, where some of the heaviest
fighting occurred and where the Rus.
slams admit the loss of the Sivutch, q
slow but well armed vessel
The actual lighting lasted four days
and the affair, in the opinion of the
Times correspondent, 'is an iliustra-
tion of the weakness of an attempt to
carry an invasion overseas before tho
control of communications afioat has
been obtained
Termed Unequal Combat.
The operations in the Gulf of Riga
are described in a semi-official state
ment issued at Petrograd and trans
mitted to the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany as an unequal combat between
the old Russian battleship Slava and
German dreadnaughts.
THE Importance Of this fight" the
statement says. consisted in prevent
ing the Germans for certain time
from forcing our position. Calm, foggy
conditions favored the enemy's opera
s-e