INCIDENT OF THE RIGA SEA FIGHT
>-• ' —— ; i OLD RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP'S < . ' < Bj Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright i Petrograd, August 24. The old battleship Slava put up a fine fight against the' enemy's cruisers in the Gulf of Riga. Two of the Germans' best destroyers were sent to attack the 1 Slava, which, impeded the enemy's operations. Tho destroyers failed to find , the Slava. but encountered the destroyer ! Novik.' After twenty minutes of des- i perato; fighting, the leading enemy de- j s trover's funnel was shot a;way, and she was otherwise seriously injured, and had , to draw off. Her consort gave up tho ! fight.- The more seriously damaged ves- ' ■ B.elaf forwards sank. ■ • It. is reported, that the Germans also lost an, auxiliary cruiser. • , 1 FThe Slava. (1902-5) displaces about ' 15,000 tonsj arid is armed with four 12- ' iff-cli. twelve 6-inch, and twenty-four . 'smaller guns.] 1
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2550, 26 August 1915, Page 5
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