French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-25
GERMANS LOST HEAVILY IN
NAVAL FIGHT RUSSIANS CLAIM
Delayed AdYices State That Germans
Last Friday Lest Two DreadnOughts,
One Cruiseh, Twelve Torpedo Boats
and Cne Transport.

and Cne Transport.
The latest advices concerning the
naval activity in the Gulf of Riga. be-
tween the Germans and the Russians
show that although the Russians lost
! the battIeship Slava and large torpe
do boat destroyer. the Germans were
the heaviest losers. Two of their
dreadnoughts, one cruiser, twelve tor
pedo boats, one transport and nnmer-
Gus mine sWeepers were put out action
! by the Russian fleet. While the ex-'
act fate of these vessels has not been
ascertained by the Petrograd govern
ment it is announced that at least six
of the German destroyers were sunk
Further German attempts to land
forces on the Esthonia coast to the
north of Worder have been repulsed by
Russian detachments.
Of the sixteen German fighting
ships, two of which were dreadnoughts,
put out of action by the Russians in
the fighting in and around the islands
at the head of the Gulf of Riga last
week. the Russian admiralty says that
it has been established that twelve
German torpedo boats were lost, the
ultimate fate of the larger ships not
being known But to the overwhelm-
ing superiority of the German forces,
the Russians were forced to retire af
ter having lost the battleship Slava and
a large destroyer. The Russians are
now defending the southern entrance
to the Gulf of Finland : 1t is at this
place that German Submarines were
reported to have been observed last
Sunday.
Great French Drive.
While the allied troops were busily
engaged in consolidating positions won
Monday in Flanders, the French forces
of General Petain struck mighty and
unexpected blow against the German
line northeast of Scissors Tuesday
mofning aEt made sonles Of the most
; important gains of terrain since they
threw back the army of the German
crown prince which was besieging
VeFdufl
The stroke was made over a front
? of about six miles, from the east OF
= Vauxaillon to Pargny- -Filain. Under
rainy and generally unfavorable
weather conditions, the French pushed
forward all along the line aided by
audacious aviators who flew over the
= about $50 feet, firing their machine
l guns and penetrated the German line
!, at one point to depts of two and a
fifth miles.
e Seven Thousand Germans Taken.
e Numerous important positions fell
: one by one into the hands of Genera
S Petain's men and in addition more thar
: $500 Germans and enormous amounts
n of war material and twenty-five heavy
It and field guns were captured.
s The greatest depth of the drive was
r, in the center of the line where the vii
It lage of Chapvignon was captured af
/. ter a violent struggle which resulted
e in the enemy fleeing pell NELL Some
y of the best troops in the army Of tht
s German crown price were engaged il
endeavoring to hold back the onslaugh
is but their efforts were unavailing >un
l. der the enthusiasm of the French tt
e win positions which would place then
- 70 To 1o4
toward Laon.
y For about "a week the French artil
t, lery had been hurting tons of steel int
a the German line in front of them il
0. preparation for the drive and when i
was started sad havoc already haC
been wrought by the guns. In addi
A ton to the prisoners taken by tn
French, the Germans also suffered
1T heavy casualties.
IS Trouble in Germany.
n Washington, Oct 23-Interestin,
N statements about Germany's unsettle,
political situation and treachery in tn
70 ranks of the army, made by an cas-
" Prussian prisoner, have been receive
s. here in official dispatches. Accordin
y. to this soldier socia1istic and revolu
la tionary spirit is growing so rapid
ne that it is expected to endanger thezsu
m premacy of the junkers by spring an
m military authorities are adopting mos
is severe repressive measures. He ais
of told story of how German private
IL left their officers to their fate in th
It. face of fire and of how officers hate
by their troops fe1 lon battle fields wit
bullets in their backs.
e. MichaeIis Willing to Quit.
as London, Oct, 24.-Dr George Micl