CHECK TO THE ENEMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 5

CHECK TO THE ENEMY

GERMANS DRIVEN BACK FROM RIGA ■' : \ NAVAL ATTACK FAILS * ■. . RUSSIANS LEAVE PRAGA J TURKISH BATTLESHIP | TORPEDOED BRITISH SUCCESS AT HOOGE (The news from the Eastern theatre to-day discloses a brighter prospect.' The Germans are Reported to have sustained a sharp check in their Baltic operations, being thrown back on Mitau, which place tho Russians aro saidtoih&vo occupied. lii addition to this reverse, a Ger''man naval attack on the entrance to tho Gulf of Riga by a large squadiron was repulsed, and one of the erfemy's cruisers and two destroyers were damaged by mines. On tho Warsaw front tho Germans aro reported to have occupied Praga, tho eastern suburb, of the Polish capital,' across' the Vistula. The opinion is gaining ground that tho great German'-offensive is ■weakening from sheer exhaustion 'through its pw vious efforts, and thore is a distinct note of disappointment in tho German Press references to the military situation. In the Sea of Marmora a Turkish battleship of 10,000 tons has boon torpedoed by a submarine. ' • There has been a big air raid on Saarbruck by. a -well-organised squad- - ron, but adverse weather conditions robbed tho expedition of its maxi- : mum fruits; 164 bombs, however, were dropped., Tho British ' have ' scored a buccbss on their Hooge front, recapturing their lost trenches and gaining new ground. The Italians ihave delivored a staggering attack on Gorizia, .which is now tottering to its fall.