The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-09-07
.SLAvS CONTINUE
IN FULL Retreat
No Signs Of HaIting is Shown
by the File eing Armies
From Riga.
HAIG STILL POUNDS GERMANS
British Seem 10 Be Preparing for An.
other Big Push in Flanders,
Says Report.

Washington, Sept. 5.-From Riga TO
the east of Uxkull, according to re.
ports reaching here, the Russians con
tinue in full retreat before the Ger
mans, those from the evacuated port
and arsenal making their way north
eastward along the coast of the Gulf
of Riga and those from Uxkull and
vicinity endeaYoring to reach the
Riga-Pskoff- Petrog rad railway line.
Behind them the Russians left Riga
partly aflame as the result of the Ger
man shells hurled into the town be-
fore they departed, while the smolder-
ing ruins of small villages mark the
path oyer which the other contingents
have passed. having been set on fire
Turing the retreat.
Warships Shell Coast.
Along the eastern coast of the Gulf
Of Riga foy q distance of about eighty
miles north Of the evacuated town,
German warships are shelling various
towns, possibly with the intention OF
covering a landing Of troops whose OBJ
iect would be to cut off the retreat of
the Riga army or turn it's flank, or
eventually clearing the gulf shore re-
gion and giving Prince Leopold of Ba-
yarla a base, possibly at Pernau, from
which to operate overland in coRjunc-
ton with the naval forces toward
ReYal, Russias' principal port on the
Gulf Of Finland, in an endeavor to seal
up the Russian fleet inside the gulf.
British Hammsr Away.
Although the infantry activity has
come to a pause, the Italians have
paid their respects to Pola. Austria's
Dig naval base on the Adriatic, by air,
Nine tons OF explosives have been
dropped on warships In the roadstead
and on military works, causing great
damage.
Field Marshal Haig continues to
pound the German positions in Elan
ders with a rain of shells. and another
big push against the German lines
seems imminent The infantry along
this front and also to the south are
being kept to their trenches, eIcep
for raids Of minor Importance, bu
which have resulted in several add
tional gains Of ground by the British
Unofficial advices say that behind
the German lines in Flanders, from
Courtrai to Thorout, the civilian popu
lation has begun an evacuation. real
izing the nearness Of another British
onslaught.
Russians EWcuatS Riga.
London. Sept. 4.-Russia's big por
on the Gulf Of Riga is in the hands o
the Germans, and its garrison and thl
civilian population are In retreat east
ward.
Seeing the dIsaiieCtion and the in
ability to stem the tide of the ad
vance, the Russian commander order
ed an evacuation
With the falling back of the Rus
SLAMS from the city proper and the ad
vance of the Germans northwar,
along both sides OF the stream, tn,
Russians still defending the western
bank around Dahlen seemingly are il
danger of being caught between tn
two fast moving bodies of the enem.
and made prisoner,
Laying Their Country in Waste.
Behind them. the Russians in thei
retreat from Riga are laying the cour
try in waste, burning villages an.
farms. Whether the city itself re
mains intact has not yet been mad
known, but doubtless the guns in tn
fortress and the ammunition store
either were moved or destroyed t
prevent them failing into the hand
of the Germans.
Where the Russians will draw thei
new line in the north to connect wit
that below the point Of penetration b
the German remains to be seen.
Road to Petr oSrad Wide Open.
The %aVacuation OF Riga by the Rui
SLAMS recalls the statement Of Geners
Korniloff. comm andsrln-ch of tn
Russian armies. at the Moscow col
ference:
III our army does not help us I
hold the shore OF the Gulf OF Riga. tn
road to Potrograd will be opene
wide"
While few people believe that tn
Germans win undertake to penetrat
to the Russian capital over an inho
pitable road $50 miles in lengtl
through bleak territory. almost In
passable for armies, nevertheless tn
news is regarded as serious, for
; shows that the Russian army Is IA
from the recovery which has been s
often predicted