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Show ELEVEN GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK Russians Drive Big Flet From Gulf of Riga; Loss Is Very Heavy London, Aug. 22. A dispatch to tho Central News from Pctrograd says that tho president of tho duma has announced that tho Gcrmnns lost tho battleships Moltkc, threo cruisers cruis-ers and seven torpedo boats In tho Riga battle. , Tho announcement of tho president of tho duma as sent by tho correspondent corres-pondent follows: In the Higa battlo tho Germans lost ono BUperdreadnought, tho Moltke, threo cruisers and seven torpedo boats. The" German fleet has withdrawn from Higa bay. Troops Are Exterminated Tho Germans tried to mako a descent de-scent nenr Pernpvln (Prenlgel), on tho east Bhoro of tho Gulf of Higa, somo thirty-five- miles north of Higa. Four barges crammed with soldiers took part In tho descent. Thoy wero repulsed by tho Russian troops without with-out tho cooperation of artillery, tho Germans being exterminated and tho barges captured. Tho German supcrdrendnought Molt-ko Molt-ko wns a vessel of 23,000 tons nnd carried In ordinary times a complement comple-ment of 1107 men. Sho wns a sister ship of tho famouo Goeben which became, be-came, a part of tho Turkish navy at-tor at-tor tho commencement of tho war and was rcchrlstencd Sultnn Sollra. Armed With Big Guns Tho Moltko was 590 feet long and wns nrmed with ten 11 inch guns nnd twelve 0 inch guns and twelve 24 pounders. In addition, her nrmament included four 20 inch torpedo tubes. Sho wns built in 1911 and had a speed of about twenty-eight knots. Tho Moltko wns In tho battle with tho British fleet In tho North sen last January when the German armored cruiser Bluecher was sunk. In 1912 tho Moltko was In tho German squadron squad-ron which visited tho United S ntes battleship squadron nt Kiel during Its trip around tho world. Tho cost of tho Moltko was nbout $12,000,000. News Is Conflnr.;d A dispatch to tho Times from Pet-rcgrad Pet-rcgrad confirms tho nnnounccment of M. Hodzlnnko, the president of the duma, of a Russian victory In the Gulf of Riga and tho sinking of tho German battlo cruiser Moltko. Tho correspondent appended to his dispatch tho following ofllcinl communication: com-munication: Confirmation of the naval victory In the Gulf of Riga was conveyed to tho duma committees todny by M. Rod-zlanko, Rod-zlanko, president of tho duma. Tito members of tho committees requested request-ed M. Rodzlanko to congrntulnto tho navy on Its splendid nchlovcment and to convoy to tho minister of wnr their compliments In the dofent of tho German invaders nt Pornnu by local levies. |