Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-27
Spanish Steamer Ncguri and
British Frcighter Phila-
deIphian Victims.
aGERMAN RAIDER CAPTURES
400 PRISONERS AND CARGOES
Both Are Landed in Austrian
Port After Failure to En-
ter the North Sea.
|rEUTONs Capture TWO TOWNS
tinucd Russian Invasion, Clash
4 ing Bolshcvik Forces.

Two more vessels have fallen r:cy
G. the deadly submarines according 20
cports from European sources re-
civcd late last night. tho Spanish
tcaner NeEur! and the steamer i'h.l-
delphian being trr latest victims.
According TO = message received from
tadrid late las: night. the Nesur! WAS
ent TO ;hc bottom earlier IN tho day
by submarine while cruising in thc
E'icin!.y OF the Canary Islands. Her
rev was landed ~ Fcrro Island. one
If the Canary group.
4 The British steamer rhiiadelnhi ian,
wncd b. INC Lcyland Line. was tor
k,cdocd on February 81 according 20
Information received at the cOmpany'S
BGlccs late yesterday and subsequently,
Confirmed in marine insurance circles.
he steamer loft New York. bound fo-
British ports. on February IL. 30
further details o: he; destruction were
5:iven.
/ Buil, in 1871. ,ne rhHsdelphian had
Ga paci,y of 5icH gross tons.
! Another German yaid"~, the VOL. has
Er.iycd In port at;or harass!ng entente
incrchau,mcu - the Atlan;!t. indian
nd Pacific Oceans. Thc total number
l.. vessels dcs,roycd uy :hc WoN has
TO, baen disclosed. bui tho loss o:
sicvcn. tnrcc of them Amc-.ean. IN the
,nd.an and PaciGr oceans j. assumed
~ the Eriitsh Nd7hrai'y 10 be due to
f;er activities
ttAiDi:u WOLF D,LiNEH>
,,L! ,nLI ,hi;nc
! uuIb!e - nrrAE ,u E-,i-h c~do:.
I rv,..I he %or,h sea. ,..e Wol' ppls
tnto tHe AustrtIu part oi po:a "H ine
., l..a;:e sac u-ough; 800 D.isoneys
y nj :. v,.h!auIc cargo t.h.I. from hsr
g,rlIc. y So ons auEiliary cruiser.
FyM.cA the Woit equ.ppod was SUNK
E'y he~ crew which was captured oy
Eri,jsb warshlp la-t February. While
MOI. w.s gone hltccn months. she
poareutly did not 90 - great damage
81 her famous sister Ship. the Moewo,
th!rh carried out TWO raids IN the ~
Eant!c In 1918 ana 1915.
q Another Victim OF the German rAIdc:
fSoif has turned up OF the Danish
4 cast. tho Spanish steamer lgotG Mcna!.
a 4aptured By the Wolf III tho Indian
ocean nine months ago. Apparently
while trying 10 reach a German por:
fter cruising many months with Ger
pan prize crew on board. she lies
branded OF the northern extremity Of
ut!and, Denmark She brought; pris-
acrs, two Of whom are Americans
from six ships. Her commander has
Ieen interncd in Denmark.
.ERMAN FORCES CLASH
IN PsKoN STREET FIGHT
In Russia although the leaders are
3,cady TO conclude peace. the invasion
II the German forces s;ill continues.
Ascval, the Russian naval base on the
outhern coast OF the Gulf OF Finland.
nd Pekov. l,5 miles southwest OF
R'etrograd. have been occupied. The
apid German advance continues along
k,he line southwark. especially in VOL
s,yn.a and the Ukraine.
Apparently, the Germans. have met;
csistance at Pskov in their Aarch on
6'etrograd One rcport has the city re-
kaptured By the Bolsheviki, and street
6ight!ng there is mentioned in other
dispatches from Petrosrad. 4 general
h.rming of Pctrog-ad's workingmcn is
sieclarcd TO be in progress, with dc
. achmcnts leaving for the line o: Ger
1nan advance on PetroGrad 10 resist the
8rcuton progress
RAPAN PREPARING TO ACT;
SIBERIAN SITUATION GRAVE
n In Siberia the situation is very Sc
Hious, and Japan is reported 10 be pre-
k,aring to intervene there very soon.
he -Bolshcvk forces there have to
Rontcnd, not only With the Bolshe hevik J..
E,ut also against released Austro- Ger
Loan prisoners.
Activity on tho western battle fronts
IL still confined TO raids. artillery
biuols. and acria! fighting and bomb
Bnc. There has hccn an increase in the
aiding operations along the Piavc
;ivcr. in italy, bui no change in posi-
n ions has occurred The artillery duel
In the American sector in France is
S'.iil intense.