Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-10
GERMAN NAVY
DRIVEN OFF
Large Force Attacks Rus
sian Port Of Riga, on
Baltic Sea.
RUSSIANS REPORT
FLEET DISPERSED
Say German Cruiser and Two Torpedo
Boat. Were psstroysd-Austro-0s Ger
man Forces Massins Army on Ser
hian Frontier For Purposss Of Open
ins Way TO Relieve Turksy-oarda-
nelIe. Considered Key to Situation.

London, Aug. 1o.-Altho military
operations in Russian Cour'and have
hardly reached the decisive stage. the
Germans who have been smashing their
w.v toward Riga have been checked.
Almost simultaneously. German war
ships which attempted to seize the port
of Riga and attempted to obtain
strategic position. were dispersed and
damaged.
The a.semblage of German craft was
the largest yet engaged In naval
action Of the war thus far. with the
excention Of the allied squadron at the
Il nosed its way toward Riga, much
. .fter the manner the British ships
= nxei of the Belgian coast last 1ali.
re British press finds encouragement
in this resistance Of the Russians.
The British advance. in the vicinity
NJ Hooee. while not comparable WAsn
the great actions in Poland. markeo
the most important engagement N
whtch the British army has figured
.ince the battle of Festubert In May
rha rain was small and still has to be
N ,intained against the almost inevlt-
abla German counter attacks.
balkan Situation Chaotic.
The Balkan situation Is still chaotic.
ni.natchea from Salonii esy that the
.tro.oerman plan to strike again at
serbia already has found expression In
the concentration OF Teutonic forces
= Hong the Serbian frontier. 1t Is said
400. 900 men have been massed at
Orsoya. Hungary. which may be the
aeorerunner Of the predicted campaign
thru serbia for the relief Of Turkey.
~Italy has not yet declared war on
r,,-1rSv hut Athens reports the Italian
- As,,is aro leaving. entrusttng their
3 afrair. TO their American colleagues.
No Peace Vet Possible.
II has been rumored frequently that
.f4aIv would send troops to assist France
and England In the Gallipoli operations.
mt thus far the reports have not been
horne out, and the porte and Rome
ms intain surface relations OF nations at
peace.
In Germany's overture for peace to
Russia the British press And: sarcasm
r papers reiterate edttorially what
ofFicials have insisted SO often. that
there can be no peace until the allies
have gained victory. It u believed
Germany il willing to conclude peace
N matters stand, but the burden of all
comment IL that such a situation would
he impossible from the standpoint Of
the allies.
pardansliss the Key.
Indications are that the key to the
Balkan enigma lies in the fight
Ing on the Dardanelles. Germany
i. reported planning to strike q tre-
mendous blow at Serbia. the purpose
being to connect more closely with
Tur- ~.
should such a stroke prove effective
the Teutonic allies might be able to get
TO the Turks the munitions and guns
they need to maintain long their re-
eistance against the quadruple entente's
forces now trying to hammer way to
Constantinople.
The urgency Of Turkeys need Is in
dicated in dispatch from Bucharest
to the Corriere Della Sera, Of Milan.
This says that after the German ann
bassadlor to Turkey. Prince Hohen-
left Bucharest an
asent Of the Krupps offered Roumania
thirty-slx batteries Of artillery, guam
titles Of ammunition and 100000
pounds Of barbed wire to let German
ammunition consigned to Turkey pass
thru Roumania. The British minister
at bucharest intervened. however. and
rejected the offer.
Sea Battle Reported.
The following omcial communication
was Issued by the Russian war Office
last night:
"a German feet Of nine battleships
and twelve cruisers, with q large NUM-
ber Of torpedo boat destroyers, per-
sistently attacked the entrance to the
Gulf Of Riga Sunday, but everywhere
were repulsed.
"A cruiser and two torpedo boat de.
stroyers were damaged"
fRiga, next to Petrograd. the capital
OF the Russian empire, IL the most i'm
portant Russian seaport on the Baltic
sea. II u situated on the Gulf Of Riga,
and therefore u q iandiocked harbor.
The mouth OF the gulf il heavily -Yorti-
ned and by nature u excellently adapt
ed to the protection OF mine fields. The
Gulf Of Riga and, farther north, the
Gulf Of Finland. at the extreme eastern
end Of which Petrograd Is situated,
form the great bases for the Russian
dest1
ooErHALs QUITS NOV. 4.
Duiidsr Of Panama Canal Sends Rssis-
0ation. to Waahinoton 5a