Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-19

Superior Range of Enemy
Guns Wins Desperate
Naval Engagement
From Russians.
SLAVA SENT TO BOTTOM
Sunk by Dreadnaught in
Unequal Encounter;
Few Lives Lost.
MUTINY ON TEUTON SHIPS
Sailors Refuse to Serve on
Submarines; Austrians
Fight Germans.
MUTlNY ON TEUToN SHIPS

Contingents of the Russian
fleet-in all about twenty
warships of various classes
are bottled up in Moon sound
with a Gordon of German war
craft barring their egress
northward back into the Gulf
of Finland or to the south in
to the Gulf of Riga. Brave,
but outclassed by reason of
superior gun range and heavier
tonnage, the Russians gave
battle to the Germans and at
tempted to force back the
enemy armada off OeseI
island. Standing far outside
the shell zone of the Russians,
however, the guns of the Ger.
man dreadnaughts sank the
battleship Slava-a relic of
the days before the Russo-Jap-
anese war-and so badly dam
aged other units that the Rus
sian flotilla was forced to seek
refuge in Moon sound, lying
between Moon island and the
Esthonia coast.
Immediately seeing their advantage
the Germans, according to latest Ger
man official communication began in
tensive operations against Moon is-
land. hammerlng its eastern shore bat
teries until they were silent and also
attacking the Russian guns on the
mainland. putting them out of action.
Moon island was captured and the
Russians took refuge inside Moon
sound. Thereupon the Germans threw
warships to the eastern part of Kas-
sar bay. lying to the north OF Moon
island, barring exit from the north
rushed contingents to the south Of
Moon island. apparently closing the
passage to the south in the Gulf OF
Riga.
Land Guns Effective.
Already the Germans have at
tempted to attack from the north into
Moon sound but the Russian guns
have held them back successfully.
Among the German warships at
tacking the old line vessels of the
Russian fleet were at leaststwo dread
naughts OF the Grosser Kurfuerst
type-vessels displacing $4,000 tons
as against 1850 tons for the Slaya.
majority of the crew of the Slava
was saved by Russian torpedo boats
when the vessel took its final plunge.
With this advantage OF the German
naval forces over the Russians. how
ever. comes news of fresh disaffection
In the German fleet and also OF a
mutiny In the Austrian fleet in the
Adrlatic and of bitter feeling between
German and Austrian seamen in the
Adriatic. German sailors at Ostend
are reported to have refused to go
aboard submarines for duty and 20
have thrown overheard one OF their Of
flcers. In the Adriatic the Austrian
seaman have mutinled owing to III
treatment by their officers and the
bad food served to them.
Austrians and Germans Fight.
The bitterness of feeling between
the Germans and Austrians at Pola,
Austria Is naval base In the Adriatic,
resulted In fight In which men on
both sides were killed. The trouble
was due 10 the overbearing conduct
OF the German seamen, who were at
tached to the submarine flotilla and
II was necessary as a result of the
bad blood to change the German base
In the Adriatic to point further
south.
Germany reports taking 10000
pr isoners from Oesel island.
on land there have been no battles
of noteworthy Importance. In Bel
gium the British and French guns
nre still hammering the German po-
stions, but there has been no indica-
ton either officially or unofflcially Of
when renewed infantry attack may
be expected. The French troops OF
the southern portion OF the line have
repulsed somewhat strong German at
tacks In the Verdun sector near Beg
onvaux and also along the Aisne front
In the Nauclerc plateau.
on the other fronts only reconnoit-
lering engagements and bombardlaents
are in progress.
Intensive air fighting took place
Wednesday between the French and
the Germans. Eleven German air
planes were driven down by French
aviators, making a total OF S6 des-
troyed up to that time this week. The
German war office asserts that Is
French machines were sent to earth.
Numerous air raids also have been
carried out by French aviators against
German positions behind the lines,
while Nancy again has been bombed
by the Germans.