Show ELEVEN GERMAN geian WARSHIPS SUNK RUSSIANS REPORTED TO HAVE DRIVEN BIG FLEET FROM GULF OF RIGA koltko three cruisers cruiser and seven torpedo boats I 1 i are sn sent t to too the bottom accord ing to russian advices advises Ad vices A dispatch received in london from rom petrograd Petro grad says bays that the president ot of the luma duma has announced that the germans lost tho the battleship moltke three cruisers and seven torpedo boats in the riga battle the tha announcement ot of the 06 president of fit the duma as sent bent by the corre spon dent follows in the riga niga battle the germans lost loat one super dread nought the moltke three cruisers crul sera and seven torpedo boats the german fleet has baa withdrawn from riga illga bay the germans tried to make a descent near Pre nigel on the east cast shore of the quit gulf of riga some thirty five miles north of iuga atiga four barges admed with soldiers i took part in tho the descent they wore ware To repulsed pulsed by the russian troops without the cooperation of artillery the germans being exterminated and the barges captured the german moltke was a vessel ot of tons and carried in ordinary times a complement of 1107 men she was a sister ship of the famous goeben which became a part ot of the turkish navy alter after the commence anent of the war and was re christened selim A dispatch to the london times from petrograd Petro grad confirms the on an tio of at lanko tho the president of the duma of a russian victory in the gulf of riga and tho the finking of tho the ogorman battle cruiser joitke holtke the tha correspondent correspond tnt appended to his bis dispatch the following official corn com confirmation of tho the naval victory la in the gulf of riga was conveyed to tho the duma committees on sunday by 11 president of the duma mhd members of tho the committees requested 11 lanko anko to congratulate the navy on its splendid achievement and to convey to the minister ct cl war their compliments in the tha de teat of the german derman invaders at pernau by local levies among the gernian german warships sunk is 43 the battle critser moltke four huge barges filled with soldiers were captured and the invaders surrounded dmd nd taken prisoner along the western front there have been some spurts of liveliness in the fighting but nothing that could be called a battle it Is now evident that the tha fresh landing of british troops at bay on an the gallipoli peninsula robbed of its element of surprise by the appearance of turkish reinforcements has baa proved som ot of a disappointment the atha only gain being that another strip ot of the peninsula la Is in the possession of the allies and more turkish troops inist be employed against them |