TUESDAY

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 August 1915, Page 3

TUESDAY

German Defeat at Riga — Eleven

Warships Destroyed—lnv ading Force Exterminated — Fleet Driven from Russian CoastStrong Force on Gallipoli— Turks Taken by Surprise

The latest official report from Petrograd claims a brilliant success in the Gulf of RigaThe Germans endeavoured, with the support of their fleet, to land troops on the. north of the Gulf. Their effort resulted.in disaster to fleet and army. The German battle - cruiser Moltke, three cruisers, and seven torpedo-boats were destroyed, and the invading force was repulsed, the troops who landed on Russian soil being exterminated. The remainder of the fleet withdrew from the gult. '

.. The Russians are opposing the German advance from Kovno towards Vilna."' Advanced detachments of the enemy, which reached the Vilna-Petrograd railway, were driven back.

The Italians have increased their gains in the south of Trentmo.

Heavy fighting is reported north of Arras, where the Germans sacrificed 2000 men in order to regain trenches previously captured by the French.

The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at Athens describes the recent British landing at Suvla Bay. This reinforcement to the allies on Gallipoli is described as " the largest force ever yet thrown from the sea into a hostile country." It landed without opposition* the Turks having been deceived by, demonstrations into the belief that the invasion was to take place on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. A stubborn battle followed the disembarkation, in which the Turks had four times as many casualties as the British.