Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-24
Allies Take Hope From DeCiS-
i've Victory Gained In Recent
Naval Engagement in Gulf
Of Riga,
PRINCE LEOPOLD NEAR
RUSSIAN DEFENSE LINE
E0veIopI0g Movement Of Hin
denburg'S Forces, However
Is Thought to Have Been
Definitely Defeated


London Aug a3 CtO.22 p ND The
German naval reVerscs In The Guit of
Riga 3Bd thc Baltic sea, The German
success u occupying the fortress OF
OssOWctE and ID British naval bonn
hardmeut nt the GCrmnn naval base
at LeehruEge today furnished a series
of neW features which temporarily di-
verified attention from the gravity OF
the ISSUES growing out ot the sinking
of the White star line steamer Arabic
hy "a German submarine.
The German Version Of the Riga bat
tle has not ypt been given out but the
dcfniteucss OF the official Russian
report ON tho sinking on erppliug of
the German battle cruiser Moltke, two
other cruisers and eight torpedo boats
has scut a wave OF enthusiasm
thrOuEhOut the country and dispelled
the depression over the Russian re-
treat ON lands Aside from that loss
of the German ships the naval engage
ment is regarded chiefly important
for the strategic effect upon the land
operations iu the German sweep east
ward toward Petrograd, which miN-
turN observers now consider as having
been checked and possibly lrrepurably
defeated
EnsclOpmg Movement Checked.
The German center has pressed for-
ward steadily until Prince Leopold or
Baynria Is near the Russian new ltne
of defense but the military ohservers
say that tho entire campaign hinged
on the vast enNeloping movement OF
/ ticld Marshal Won Hiudenhurg's forces
/ in the north They hnd succeeded In
/ pushing far beyond Riga, to Jacob
stadt on the Dvina. but the Russan8'
/ hold ou tho Gulf OF Rign and pf the
great naval base OF ltga was con
( tlmai monaco Ia Won uindenhurgg
/ rear
/ This the military ObHerYers Say, led
| 10 the shifting Of "a number OF Ger
man shius Including the Moltke from
/ the North sen TO tho Baltic with the
purpose of controlling Riga and thus
protecting a German land advance on
| perograd
Tho result of the naval battle. as
cleaned from the official report. ap-
pears definitely to have defeated the
German objective, according 10 the
observers who say that aside from
tho logs of the ships the gulf ana The
naval base of Riga are stlll in RUSSIAN
hands and menace Won ilindenhurg -
further advance toward petrugrad.
The capture by the Germans OF the
fortress of Ossowetz gives them an
other stronghold. only Grodno and
Brcst Litovsk remaining m the cen
tral section. II also gives thcm tho
main point on the railway To BiclHk
ANA Brest Lltoysk.
Russians to Retreat Again.
Special reports from petrugrad IN
dicate that tho Russian position at
3rest -l.itovsk gradually is becoming
uutenable ana that the public is be-
Ing prepared for its announcement
Mcagcf details have been received
concerning the British bombardment
of the ticrman submarine hase al Zee
hmREe and ueiEhhorInE points on the
BELGIAN coast Berlin reports that
forty British ships were engaged in tt,
but the British admiralty as yet has
made no statement The firlnR lasted
several hours The German heavy arr
ulor answering he British fire.
That there has been French naval
activity ln the s1mc locality is shown
Ia the Paris official communication
which announces the sinking of q Ger
man torpedo boat destroyer off oa-
tend b, two French torpedo boats
lu the west there have been no no.
table changes in the battle line.
Reuters petrogrud correspondent
says thai sonl-offieal statement is
sued Nm the Russian capital, adds an
other aNilialy cruiser to the previous
list of HE German losses IN the Gulf
of Riga