ATTACKS FROM AIR AND SEA.
RUSSIAN FLEET READY.
(Received September 8. 1.30 p.m.) London, Sept. 7. A wireless Russian official message says: In the direction, of Riga, near ZeVevcld, there were "encounters between our rearguard and the German cavalry. Zeppelins dropped bombs near Hainash. but without result. Submarines shelled points on the Riga coast, and attacked a transport, unsuccessfully. Our gunboats remained at the mouth of the Lvina to the last moment ,and convoyed the steamers and floating defences from Riga. Only enemy submarinese have, so far. appeared in the Gulf of Riga, where our ships remain ready to engage the enemy.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3340, 8 September 1917, Page 3
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