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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1915
Page
7
The article reports a major Baltic naval engagement won by Russia with eleven German ships sunk in the Gulf of Riga. It also surveys Allied and Central powers moves, Balkan diplomacy, and ongoing battles along the Eastern Front including Brest-Litovsk, Kovno Vilna, and the Dardanelles.
The Russian war office issued an official communication from Petrograd via London reporting Caucasus operations. It notes destroying a Turkish patrol of one company on the night of the 19th, Russian patrols crossing the Arkhave River, and repelling a Turkish attack on Mt. Tchirgassar near Olti.
An advertisement touts Plant Juice claiming it cures stomach trouble indigestion and dyspepsia based on a Quincy resident Mrs E T O Neil of 21 Kent Court No 21 Kent Court who reports relief after four weeks of use The Plant Juice representative is selling at Liggett Drug Co corner Washington and Avon streets daily meeting locals to discuss merits
Reports from Petrograd claim loss of Moltke and three cruisers with seven torpedo boats at Riga while German fleet exits Gulf of Riga Russian destroyers claim to have sunk over 100 Turkish boats in the Black Sea and Germans take 20,000 Russian prisoners near Kovno.
Eleutherios Venizelos accepted the post of Premier of Greece after a conference with King Constantine. The King congratulated Venizelos and he will present a list of ministers and take charge of foreign affairs. The oath is set for tomorrow as Athens celebrates.
Geneva dispatch reports Italy declares war on Turkey. Bucharest sources note national enthusiasm. The King convenes cabinet, Italian ambassador attends, and a Balkan states conference is planned. Decrees of a military nature signed yesterday.
A Petrograd despatch to Reuter's Telegram Company says Russians along the Kovno Vilna railway are opposing the German advance on Vilna.
Paris Aug 22. Details from Rome outline Italy's ultimatum to Turkey on Aug 3 demanding Italian departures from Beirut Smyrna Mesina Haifa Jaffa and coastward passages. After Beirut and Mersina restricted departures, Italy moved to Rhodes and prepared for war citing Lausanne Treaty violations and repeated Turkish hostilities in Africa and Cyrenaica.
Paris dispatch reports ongoing artillery exchanges in Artois and adjacent fronts. German assaults near Souchez and in the Vosges were repulsed, with German casualties cited and prisoners noted as reported by official communications.
BERGIN AUG. 22 Military report says General von Eichhorn’s forces push east and south of Kovno and General von Gallwitz moves farther south of the Narew and crosses the Balystok Brest Litovsk railway. The statement notes capturing a position north of Zuwinta Lake and Russian prisoners increased to over 116 percent.
Russian official dispatch reports the land front firm near Riga and Dvinsk with ongoing westward fighting. It notes no essential change near Wilkomir Ossowetz and on the Niemen Bobr and Bielsk fronts, with Bielsk to Pothta pressure checked by counteroffensives. No direct news from Novogeorgievsk since Friday. aviators indicate fortress gravely pressed with unlikely garrison resistance.
A Reuters report from Sofia says Germany may have sent an ultimatum to Roumania over allowing transport of munitions for Turkey. Roumania refuses permission as cars with war materiel are halted at Predeal and troops mass at Jassy and in petroleum regions.
News despatch from Novogeorgievsk dated Aug 22 reports Emperor William with General von Falkenhayn and others entering the burning fortress after an eight day siege. He reviewed troops, praised the effort, and observers noted the garrison’s smaller siege force and heavy artillery.
The German battle cruiser Moltke of 23 000 tons and 1107 men reportedly sunk by Russians during the Riga battle last week. Built in 1911, 590 feet long, armed with ten 11 inch and twelve 6 inch guns plus four torpedo tubes, speed about 28 knots. Cost about 12 million dollars.
The Italian statement says in Monte Maggio north west of Arsiero enemy artillery hit newly won positions while Italians widened their lines. They captured trenches near Travenannes valley, took prisoners, and extended to Cresta Dianca. On Carso front minor progress and a 97 prisoner trench.
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