RUSSIA
GERMAN UISSES on" Tin; urssiAX fijostiei!. Received 13, 8.35 p.m. Copenhagen, August 13. IVilin telegrams tlmt tin; Herman «'n'..'i' i.'ifovriu'il the Press thill; t.fsr- | many hail sustained heavy los:; s i,i: the Russian, frontier. St. lVtevshinr. August IS. (■•■:■ ;av, .ittrmpt.-H -;/ thnsuen. but Were n with loss. The men engaged belonged to t.i:e >,. as.d iiutli army corps. RUSSIA STILL MASTER. IX TUK GULF OF FINLAXI;. A TRAGIC MISTAKE. Received 13, 8.35 p.m. Stockholm, August 13. Russians are still masters of "the Gulf of Finland. Fcarin<» a German attack-. they smashed the lenses in Bousker lighthouse, ..worfih (10,000 kronen apiece. The commander was ordered to mine the harbor at Hango and blow up the pier only in case of imminent danger. The commander, in a lit of nervousness, blew up the valuable harbor works, and, seeing his mistake, suicided.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 14 August 1914, Page 5
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