Arizona republican., 1917-10-19
TWENTY RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARE B0TlLILGI;, .:;n 1. !!s. IN MOON
 SOUND BY GERMAN FLEET
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 Apparently contingents of the Rus sian fleet-in all about twenty warships of various classes--are bottled up in Moon sound, with a cordon of German war craft barring their egress north ward back into the Gulf of Finland or to the south into the Gulf of Riga
 Brave, but outclassed by reason of superior gun range and heavier ton mage. the Russians gave battle to the Germans and attempted to force back the enemy armada off OeSel island Standing far outside the shell zone of the Russians, however the guns of the German dreadnaughts sank the battle ship SlaVa-a relic of the days before the Russo Japanese war-and so badly damaged other units that the Russian flotilla was forced to seek refuge in Moon sound-lying between Moon is land and the Esthonia coast
 Immediately seeing their advantage. the Germans, according to latest Ger man official communication, began in tensive operations against Moon island, hammering it's eastern shore batteries until they were silenced and also at tacliing the Russian guns on the maiT land putting them out of action. Moon island was captured and the Russians took refuge inside the sound. There upon. the Germans threw warships to the eastern part of Kasssr bay. lying to the north of Moon island. barring exit from the northern entrance to Moon sound and also rushed contingents to the south of Moon island, apparently closing the passage to the south in the Gulf of Riga.
 Already the Germans have attempted to attack from the north into Moon sound but the Russian guns have held them back successfully. Among the German wal ships attacking the old line vessels of the Russian fleet were at least two dreadnaughts of the GrosseI kurfuerst type-vessels displacng 25, 900 tons as against 13.560 tons of the Slava. A majority of the crew of the Slava was saved hy Russian torpedo boats when the vesstl took it's final plunge.
 With this advantage of the German naval forces over the Russians, howev- CT. comes news of fresh disaffection in the German fleet and also of a mutiny m the Austrian fleet in the Adriatic and of bitter feeling between German and Austrian seamen in the Adriatic German sailors at Ostend are reported to have refused to go aboard snblna rines for dut4 and to have throsr overheard one of their officers. In the Adriatic the Austrian seamen have mutinied owing to ill treatment by their officers and the bad food served to them.
 The bitterness of feeling between the Germans and Austrians at Pola Austria's naval base in the Adriatic resulted in a fight in which men or both sides were killed. The trouble
 was due to the overbearing conduct ot the German seamen, who were at tached to the submarine flotilla and il was necessary, as a result of the 1 bad blood, to change the German bast in the Adriatic to point further l south.
 On land there have been no battle: 1 of noteworthy imporjance. In Bel i gium the British and French guns ar, 1 still hammering the german positions but there has been no indication either l officially or unofficially. of when 6 renewed infantry attack may be eX- | pected The French troops of thu 1 southern portion of sHe line have re 1 pulsed somewhat strong German at tacks in the Nerdun sector near Beg onvaux and also along the Aisne from ] in the Nauclerc plateau.
 On the other fronts only reconnoit- ering engagements and bombardment. are in progress.
 Intensive air fighting took plac, 1 Wednesday between the French ant l Germans Eleven German aeroplane
 were driven down by French aviators
 making total of 36 destroyed up [
 that time this week The German wa 1 office asserts that thirteen Frencl
 machines were sent to earth Numer ous air raids also have been carrie
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