| Show NAVAL I B A TILE IN GULF OF RIGA German Fleet Engages Russian Warships Defending Coast While Von Hindenburg's Army Presses on Toward Important Seaport After Taking FALLS INTO HANDS OF GERMANS I Garrison of Succumbs to Heavy Siege sieg Artillery of T Which Throughout War Has Made All Forts Attacked Untenable KAISER AGAIN AT FRONT OA T 4 1 t I Petrograd Aug 20 A A German Ger Ger- t I man fleet h has penetrated the Gulf GulfI I of Riga and is engaged with Bussian Russian Bus Rus Rus-I Rus I sian warships defending the i coast according to an official I statement issued tonight at the I I Russian war office 4 L I t L T O Aug 20 The Thc The garrison garrisol of the fortress of No which was yas left behind im by Grand Duke Nicholas when he commenced niB tb the evacuation of of Poland to delay the advance advance ad ad- vance of the German invaders after accomplishing its task for just a a. fortnight fortnight fort fort- ni night bt has succumbed to the file heavy siege artillery art of the tho Germans which throughout tho the war has hag made every fort attacked h by it untenable Berlin was able tod today to announce th the capture o of the fortress ss with Its guns Juns and a large quantity of war ar ma ma- tennis The spoils have not yet ret been estimated but they thc probably are arc large as it had been hoped by tho the Russians Russian that the tho earthworks around tho the fortified fortified forti forti- fied fled camp would enable it to hold out much longer r than It has done It I Is Isnow now hOW expect expected 1 b by the tue military observers observer that tho the other Russian fortresses such as Brest k and either cither would bo be captured apt Jr rl or given h l up nt han n Now 1 Object Objective l c. c After the tIme tall fall of ono l Held Marshal Mar Mar- 6 hial JH I von ott 01 arm army commenced commenced com corn again in an offensive along the whole front from Gulf Gul 0 of Riga to ono 1 with tit the object o of taking Riga and nd the lie whole Petrograd railway rail ral- way Va ll front from rom Vilna northward He lie Is meeting with stubborn resistance and may moy be he d denied nied even en the pO possession of nl Riga a. a unless the Gl Gorman German fleet t succeeds In entering the Gulf of If Riga niga South of or no Ko Konos as s far as the Russian army foil fell back towards tho the Iem n river and according to the time German German Ger Ocr man official account thc they are oC offering fresh resistance In the hope of oC preventing preventing prevent prevent- nt- nt ing or dela delaying th the tho envelopment of or the northern flank of tho tIme Brest I line i no c There seemingly is danger an cr of oC this line hue being forced It h by direct attack Six Aus- Aus tro German armies strengthened by bythe bythe the time corps which ha has been ben Investing o arc are converging on the Russian center which Is In behind the Bug Hug and amid the tho railway from frem Brest Brest- k to and antI no doubt will soon commence continence a bombardment of 13 rca I Li ILi t o ak k Brest Br v t-M t o Enveloped Other armies have cleared the whole of tho the left leCt bank of oC the he Bug Bu before Brost while Field Marshal hal von on Mackensen having cro crossed the Bug Is hs advancing on the fortress or tress from the south This means that the tho o obstacle stacle of the marshes has bc been n circumvented and that Brest the time chief military mili tar tary department and concentration center cen cen- tel ter of Russia Is Iz I virtually enveloped Although military observers are of tho the opinion that thal tho th grand duke will probably be able to withdraw his army In safety 8 time tho loa lows of or th these se lines Is considered a n graver ra r military misfortune than the loss lues of or Warsaw ur Tho The German success has been heen duo dUG almost entirely to their great superiority superior superior- It ity In artillery and the military critics express l' l the tho bell belief f that no as long as they maintain this arid and continuo to press pres forward the Russians must retire be- be f tre them While the Russian armies remain Intact however tr thc these e critics are arc optimistic as lS to tho the future Kalier IaIser lio r to inter I arll Emperor William who Is r reported to have arrived 11 at will It it Is understood make malte a state entry Into Warsaw and there let It bo be known announcement what the tho future by br an status of Poland will be Along the western estern front there there- have hl liveliness In tn the been heen een some spurts of fighting but nothing that could bo be bl called caned a n battle Jt It Is now evident that list the thc fresh landIng land land- In lug Ing o of British troops at Suvia ha bay on 01 th time the peninsula ro robbed d of oC its clement element of or surprise by ity the time appearance of or Turkish reinforcements ha has proved ro somewhat of a disappointment the only gain that another r strip of the peninsula Is In the tho possession of oC tho the allies lilies and more Turkish troops m must t be employed against t them |
