Show EMEN GERMIA SUNK RUSSIANS REPORTED TO HAVE DRIVEN BIG FLEET FROM GULF OF RIGA moltke thres three cruisers and seven torpedo boats are sent se nt to the bottom according to russian A dispatch rec received elved tn in london from petrograd Petro grad says that the president of the durna duma has announced that the germans lost the battleship xvi koltko vitke three cruisers and seven torpedo boats in the riga battle the of the president of 0 the duma as sent bent by the correspondent spon dent follows in the riga battle the germana german B lost one super dread nought the INI ake three cruisers and seven torpedo boats tho the geri german lian fleet has withdrawn t om riga bay the germans tried to make a decent cent near on uio ule east shore of the quit gulf ot of riga some thirty five miles north ot of rill riga four barbei crammed with soldiers took part in the descent they were repulsed by the russian troops without the cooperation of artillery the germans germana being exterminated and th barges captured the german moltke was a vessel of tons and carried la ill ordinary umes times a complement ot of 1107 men she was a sister ship of the famous goeben which became a part ot of the tha turkish navy after the commencement ot of the war and was re christened sultan sellin A dispatch to the london almea from petrograd Petro grad confirms tho the announcement no ot of 1 M I Rodzia lanko riko tho the president ot of the duma ot of a victory in the gulf cult ot of riga and the sinking of the german battle cruise moltke the correspondent appended to his bis dispatch the following official communication mun muni cation leation confirmation of 0 the naval victory in the gulf of 0 riga was conveyed to the duma committees committe ts on sunday by M president of the duma the members of the committees requested M 1 I lanko anko to congratulate the tho navy on oil its splendid achl achievement evl and to convey to the minister of war their compliments in the defeat of the german invaders at por nau by local levies among the german warships sunk Is tho the battle cruiser ditke four huge bargus barges filled with soldiers were captured and the invaders surrounded and taken hakea prisoner along the western front there have been some spurts of liveliness in the fighting but nothing that could bo be called a battle it is now evident that the tha fresh landing of british troops at suvia bay on the gallipoli peninsula robbed of its ita element of surprise by the appearance of turkish reinforcements has proved somewhat of a disappointment the only gain being that another strip of the peninsula is in the possession of the allies and mt rave e turkish troops must be employed against them |