The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-09-07

bud Two DAYS ago. Another grand
duke, Dmitri F>u.ov:tch. las been
put safe on the same charge.
From faroff Persia, where the Rus
slams have been valiantly holding their
own since the revolt. came news To-
day indicating that the Turks have De-
sun their great campaign hin:ed a:
by Chancellor Michaelis in his maidelf
speech in the reichstag.
Headlong Retreat
AS for the situation on Russia's
northern front. the scope of the Riga
disaster can only be conjectured from
the official Petrograd admission that
the Germans broke through on a rron5
of nine miles and from the German
war office annonncemAnts that some
thousands" of prisoners and more than
$50 guns had been taken so far an:
tAot the R"ssians are in a headlong
retreat northeastward
Moreover, the Berlin statement
shows that Prince Leopold's troops al
ready are 15 miles north of the Dwina,
having advanced beyond the Great
Jaegel river. This, coupled with Oh
fetal Russian admission of a retire
ment near Kranzen (22 miles south
east of Riga, and around Milder, half
way between Riga and Dwinsk, De-
speaks grave menace to the Russian
army at Dwinsk. the great railway
city 140 miles south of Riga at TIC
gates of which the Germans have
stood for two years. Petrograd re-
ports artillery fighting on the Dwinsx
front. Indications are that the main
force OF the German Riga army is
swinging or about to swing southeast
ward in a huge flanking movement
aimed at Dwinsk.
For the Russians there is but one
ray of consolation in the whole pres
ent state of affair: The Cossacks anu
Rulnanians in the South are fully
holding their own.
Riga Afire
Riga was eflame when the Germans
entered, Berlin reported today. The
city was taken, as was exclusively
foretold in these dispatches from the
west and southeast, the Bavarians
who crossed the Dwina in the rear Of
the big Baltic port achieving the lions
share in the success.
Not all the Russian troops fed in
panic when the Teutons started their
drive. Some there were who fought
to the bitter end with the traditional
Muscovite heroism of the old days.
They sealed their bravery with death.
Their tragic fate filed even their foe
With admiration. For indirect tribute
is paid these heroes in today's Ger
man official statements sidelight not
given in the Russian report-wh1cn
says that the Russian units launched
desperate and sanguinary attacks" to
cover the retreat of their comrades.
Only after "bitter struggle" were
they overcome by the numerically su-
perior Teutons.
The immediate objective of the Ger
mans in their northwardJ march from
Riga was the road leading to Pssou,
1852 miles from Petrograd. They have
reached it, according to Berlin. Ger
man warships in the Riga bay are CO.
/ operating with the advancing inran-
/ try, the naval guns raking the littoral
! in an effort to clear it completely OF
Russians
The bulk of the Teuton army head
ing to the northeast and southeast
from Riga consists of Bavarian vet
erans, some of the finest fighters in
the kaiser's army The Berlin report
calls them "our experienced troops
and characterizes their advance as
'impetuous." Of the Russian retreat
it says:
"Dense masses of troops are crowd
ing along all the roads from Riga in
! northeasterly direction. in both day
; and night marches
NEGRO TROOPS