Show r UN W DASH AS O ON PETRO PETROGRAD I GRAD HUG HUE LEn GUNS Of SlAVS I German Enter Gulf of Finland in Striking Distance of 5 the Russian Capital I By International News Service I P PETROGRAD pETROGRAD Oct Th 1 JL long expected German erman nay Day naV drive in the Baltic is b believe ever have begun A strong of German cr iI i I submarines submarines torpedo cr crp crr t 41 1 j mine mille sweepers appeared J A J Gulf of Finland yesterday y and ana a L. L last I accounts was still there engaging engaging engaging en en- in extensive preliminary activities believed tobe to-be preparatory I tory for or one or more of four foul undertakings unI un un- un- un I kings I 1 I-A I A naval drive on Petrograd I 2 2 On On Kronstadt S 3 3 Or On capital of I Finland S 4 Tl 4 4 The e landing of large larg-e forces north of Riga liga in hi the rear ear of the Russian an right flank k thus to force I a a retirement on a wide front German mar marines hies were ore landed on an and Dago islands at the on en trance of the JIe Riga gulf and fighting w with th the Russian garrisons garri gaiTi- sons SOIlS was still under el way way when the war office e report was issued The 1 Russian land batteries on i island wore were admittedly silenced by th the guns from German dread dread- d- d nati Moles les constructed b by the Russians and low visibility considerably ly impeded the landing lof of the German detachments ts the official report stated It is a added ded that flint all necessary measures to toward ward ivard off the invaders have haye been taken I I I 1 II 1 I By United Press Pres PETROGRAD Oct 13 The The landIng land land- Ing lug of German naval forces on the coast of the Gulf of af has roused the lime entire nation to a fighting spirit Time The government tonight announced an announced an- an flounced that the country's strength would be speedily concentrated forI forthe for forthe I the defense of or Huss Russia a against the new menace to Kronstadt and Petrograd I carried by the imperialist forces of or German Germany General minister of or war var announced tonight that one or two German divisions have landed near the coast of Courland and are threatening threatening threatening threat threat- ening to advance in lit the direction of in making his his his-an- an announcement pleaded that the tile entire Russian nation rise up and resist the foe The following official statement was issued by war office Under cover of naval forces several soy soy- eral times superior to our defenders the enemy landed troops on the coast of the Gulf of north of the of Gesel Another enemy detachment detachment de tie- has lias been landed south of Dago island and one succeeded in gaining A d footing near Serro Enemy dread silenced our land Jand bat bat- teries Our garrison on Island 1 is stubbornly fighting the enemy |