RIGA GULF.
GERMANS OVERRUN OSEL. HUN DREADNOUGHT MINED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. Admiralty per Wireless Press. LONDON, October 17. Russian official: Tho enemy pressed us back in the direct/ion of Mohn Island. Owing to the interruption of land communications between Osel and Mohn Islands, we have completely lost touch, with our forces in Osel. A"n eye-witness reports that an enemy Dreadnought ran into a minefield on Friday. After an explosion the waiship proceeded to the coast. Its fate is unknown. German official: We aire in full possession of Osel Island. Naval encountersnorth of Osel, also in the Gulf of Riga, tvere in our favor. _ Our naval airships bombed Pernau (an important port on the north-east coast of the Gulf of Riga), causing large fires.
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Evening Star, Issue 16559, 19 October 1917, Page 3
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