Show P LLEEN GERMAN U RUSSIANS REPORTED TO HAVE DRIVEN RIG BIG FLEET FROM t GULF OF RIGA supe moltke three cruisers crullers and seven turpeda boat boats art ars sent to the bottom accord ing to russian advices A dispatch rcck aed in london from petrograd Petros rad saya says that the president of the duma baa has announced that the germans lost the battleship moltke three crul cruisers cru laera sers and seven torpedo boats in the illga riga battle the announcement 0 of the president preil dent of the duma aa as sent by the correspondent spon dent follows follos in the higa battle the germans lost one au per dreadnought the moltke three cruisers and sevea seven torpedo boats the german fleet has withdrawn f 41 m riga rigl bay bly the germans tried to mako make a descent near flem lenggel Preal gel on the east shore of the gulf guif ot of riga some thirty five miles borth of ills devur barges crammed with soldiers took part la in the descent debee ut vay ere repulsed by the russian troops with out the co operation cooperation of artillery the germaux beir beirs exterminated and the barges captured the german dreu drought moltke was a vessel ot of tons and carried in ordinary times a complement ot of 1107 men she as a slater ship of the famous goeber which became a part ot of the turkish navy after the commencement of the th war ar and waa was re christened sultan sellia A dispatch to the london timea from petrograd confirms the au a no ot of nt lauko the president of the durna uma of a russian Huas laii victory in the gulf ot of riga and the sinking of the german battle cruiser moltke the appended to bis his dispatch ti tia a following comra culet tion confirmation of tha thu victory in the gulf of illga riga was conveyed to the tile duma committees on sunday by M 1 I RodI anko Jent ot 0 the duma the members of the committees requested 31 to congratulate the navy on its achievement and to convey to kho tho mil minister nister of war their compliments lu in the defeat of the german invaders at pernau by local levies among the german warships sunk Is a the batti creuser koltko four huge barges billed nith ith soldiers a ere captured capture and the invaders surrounded and tas talea ta tale s a n prisoner along the western front there have beta bet a some spurts of liveliness in the fighting but nothing that could be called a battle it Is now evident that the fresh landing of british troop at suvia bay on the pen peninsula asula robbed of its element of surprise by the appear ance u of turkish rel reinforcements ii force ments has proved somewhat of a disappointment the only gain being that another strip of tho peninsula is in ja the possession of lot the aliceo and mere turkish troops must be employed against them |