The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-07-10
PROGRESS OF THE WAR

marked the warfare Oh last WCSh' ous
the operations are enveloped in OBJ
security. especially the operations OF
the Russians and Germans in the
Baltic. The German admiralty dis
patched a certain number of ships to
effect a landing at Windan on the
Russian coast neal the Gulf of Riga.
This probably was to open the way
for a landing force which would per-
NIT the Germans to outfank the Rus
slams in the province of Courland and
make possible the capture of Riga.
1t is known that the German war
ships retired after losing one or two
of their ships. Petrograd at first
reported a German destroyer sunk;
then it was declared that a cruiser
also had been sunk. The Germans
quit the Russian coast and some of
the Cars warships cruised out into
the Baltic and along the coast of
Cortland, an island due west of Win
dau. Here the Russians came upon
| some light cruisers and ~destroyers.
A lively fight followed and one Ger
man boat was beached. Petrograd
says it was a cruiser. while reports
from Scandinavian sources say it was
the mine layer Albatross. The Rus
| slams drove the enemy before them
until other German boats appeared,
whereupon the Russians, after a
brief engagement. retired with in
significant" damage.
Early in the week it was reported
that a German submarine had blown
up off the island of Borkum in the
North sea, but the German admiralty
denied the report. Later an Eng
fish destroyer, the Lightning, struck
a mine or vas torpedoed. One of
the crew was killed and later it was
discovered that IA were missing.
A Russian submarine operating in
the Black sea sank two or three Turk
ish steamers and sailing vessels and
drove three or four others ashore at
the mouth of the Bosphorus.
From Athens it is reported that an
English submarine sank a Turkish
transport filled with troops in the
Sea of Marmora. This has not been
confirmed officially.
\. German submarines sank many
boats in the North sea and English
channel. From an American point
of view the most important submar-
inc attack was that directed against
the Canadian liner, Armenian, laden
with mules. The ship left Newport
News several weeks before bound
for England. Most of the crew were
Americans and there were a large
number of negro muleteers aboard.
The vessel was shelled by a submar-
inc while trying to escape and a
dozen or more Americans were
killed. The government at Wash
ington is seeking to determine the
character of the boat and the circum-
stances of the sinking.
The Teutonic Allies have pushed
the Russians out of northern Galicia
back into Poland and are continuing
their advance in the direction of
Lublin. No doubt the Auatro-Ger.
man armies will now attempt to
break the Russian line in Poland and
get in back of Warsaw. The cap
ture of Warsaw would badly cripple
9 the Russians, who have relied upon
it as a great supply center. The
Germans may then attempt to take
. Brest Litovski, or they may seek to
: capture that city first. 1t was the
main supply point of the Russians in
, the first stages of the war. and is
also a center for the manufacture OF
munitions. The Germans declare
that they have captured $40, 900 Rus.
SLAMS since May 2. A large percent.
age of these, no doubt, were wound.
ed, left behind by the Russian real
guard.
u On the Gallipoli peninsula the Eng.
lish and French have made gains in
8 their fight to capture Kritnia, a for.
titled eminence which gives the en-
envy a great advantage and which
has been a source of much trouble tC
the Allies. The fighting has been
. largely hand to hand and the Turks
have given a good account of them.
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