Russia.
GERMAN LOSSES ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER. Copenhagen, August 13. Berlin telegrams state that the German staff informed the Press that Germany had sustained heavy losses 1 " on the Russian frontier. 1 St. Petersburg, August 13. Gormans attempted to reoccupy Eydtkusuen, but were repulsed with loss. The men engaged belonged to the Ist and 20th army corps. | | IN THE GULF OF FINLAND. Stockholm, August 13. ( Russians are still masters of the Gulf of Finland. Fearing a German attack, they smashed the lenses in Bonsker lighthouse, worth GO,OOO kronen apiece. The comamnder was ordered to mine the harbor at Han go and blow up the pier only in case of imminent danger. The comamnder, in a fit of nervousness, blew up the valuable harbor works, and, seeing his mistake, suicided. '’ATRiDTIC MOSCOW MERCHANTS (Received 9.5 a.m.) St. Petersburg, August 13. Merchants of Moscow raised £250,000 in a quarter of an hour for the wounded and their families. The Grand Duke Constantinovitch has offered his famous marble palace as a hospital.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 14 August 1914, Page 5
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169Russia. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 14 August 1914, Page 5
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