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Show TRANSPORTS OF GERMANS SIM Russian Land Batteries Opened Open-ed a Terrific Fire on the Invaders. i London. Aug. 24, 3:20 p. m From details of the attemptod German landing in the Gulf of Riga last Saturday, Sat-urday, as published In the Novoe Vremya, It appears says a dispatch from Petrograd to the Central News agency, that three large transports filled with troops approached the shore under cover of a German squadron. squa-dron. The German sh:ps were allowed al-lowed to come closo to land beforo a terrific artillery fire was opened by the Russians. "A duel between the cruisers and shore batteries continued for two hours when the last transport was sunk. Only a few crowded boats then remained and these were soon smashed to pieces by the Russian fire." |