Hints are given of Gorman naval movements in the Baltic, and an official message from the High Commissioner states that a number of Russian war vessels are reported to have arrived at Helsingfors, on the Gulf of Finland, in a Battered condition. The opinion is expressed that an engagement-.between Russian vessels and the German Baltic Fleet took place off the Island of Bornholm, off the coast of Sweden, and well clown tho Baltic towards the headquarters of the German Fleet. It is difficult to understand what a Russian Fleet would be doing in this dangerous quarter, seeing how much superior the German Fleet is in strength. The probability is that the Russian vessels were merely small scout vessels, which are keeping in touch with the German Fleet's movements, and which would run for the shelter of the forts in the Gulf of Finland an l"?J»e utoeked, There jis a, suggfjstioajf. big Jtyip.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 4
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152Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 4
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