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Show I, BARON DUMBA, Austria's Aus-tria's iOml)assa(lor to the United States, whose letter to his government reveals him I as Interfering in domestic affairs af-fairs of this country. RUSSIANS DEFEAT FOE IN BUCK SEA Petrograd Report Tells of Two-hour Engagement With Teutons. PETROGRAD, Sept. 5. via London. Sept. 6, 1:05 a. at The Germans, having hav-ing set fire to phe bridges over the Dvina in the region of Friedrichstadt, and with reinforcements started a movement to iorce a crossing. The Russians, Rus-sians, according to an official communication commu-nication issued today, have crossed to the right bank of the stream. The communication says: At the entrance to the Gulf of Riga enemy scouts and Zeppelins appeared several times on September 3 and 4. above Viben strait, throwing bombs on our torpedo boats. They were driven off on each occasion. On the left bank of the Dvlna the Germans brought up reinforcements and directed their main efforts to forcing a passage of the river In the region of Frledrichstadt. Owing to the inequality of the respective forces our troops, who had crossed to the left bank near Linder, were obliged, on the 3rd. after a stubborn fight, to recross to the right bank. According to detailed reports of the fighting near Friedrihstadt on the ame date, the withdrawal of our troops was due to the setting afire of the bridges over the Dvlna by the enemy's artillery. In the region of Riga and Jacob-stadt Jacob-stadt the Germans have confined themselves to impeding our advance. Toward VII na we hold the enemy in his old position. Jn the region of Orany on the 3rd our troopB drove the Germans from the village of Smalniki, capturing over 200 prlson-I prlson-I crs. Including some officers, f On the lower Meretchanka we sus-j sus-j talned on the :ird, In difficult circumstances, cir-cumstances, an onslaught of the enemy, en-emy, -whose advance threatened to . ''ut off our retreat in the Grodno region. re-gion. On the front of the Niemen above Grodno to the river Jasiolda, near Bereza-Kartuska, our troops successfully suc-cessfully repulsed in several sections on the night of the 3rd and the following fol-lowing day many enemy attacks. The enemy, nevertheless, succeeded in pressing us in the direction of Vol-kovsky. Vol-kovsky. Between the rivers Goryn and Styr the enemy, considerably reinforced, rein-forced, toward the evening of the 4th continued to develop his offensive on the Dubno-Rovno road. On the right bank of the Styr to the north of Dub-no, Dub-no, fighting has commenced. In Gallcla, on the Sereth river, the enemy made a determined advance ad-vance September 1 In the region of Tarnopol and Tlouste and In the district dis-trict round the mouth of the Sereth, and on both banks of the Dniester. Near Tloste stubborn attacks by the enemy, although reinforced, , were repulsed re-pulsed by our artillery. Tn our counter-attacks we took about 300 prisoners, pris-oners, including officers. The fighting fight-ing continues. On the Black sea our torpedo boats Pronzltel and Ryatryi, under command com-mand of Captain Pregatta and Prinoe Troubetskoy, attacked today, near Sunguldak, the Turkish cruiser Ham-id Ham-id leh and two torpedo boats. There was two hours' fighting and the damaged dam-aged enemy ships fled in the direction of the Bosporus, pursued by our destroyers. de-stroyers. They left behind four colliers, col-liers, which were sunk with their cargoes. |
