WIDE BREACH IN RIGA FRONT.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 5

WIDE BREACH IN RIGA FRONT.

GERMANS SMASH THROUGH THIRTY-SIX MILES OP ' DEFENCES. < ENERGETIC ATTACKS, AGAINST STRATEGIC . J RAILWAY. j (Australian ami New Zealand Cable Association.) |

LONDON, September 6. A wireless Russian official message says: We are •continuing our Retirement north of the Aa river. We crossed the Melupi River, and we retired south-westt'of Venden. In the operations east of Riga we have readied : n\w'line Kelangonberg-Moritzberg-Ivastram-Friedrichstadt. (Australian and. How Zealand Cable Association.) . 4 , ° PETROGRAD, September G. The Riga front lias been broken for a width of thirty-six miles. • The Germans are energetically attacking, espccjally north of Uxkall, in order to cut the Riga-Venden railway. k ' \ REPORTED JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR RUSSIANS. • -• • GERMAN FLEET APPEARS IN GULF OF RIGA. (Austral .111 'and New. Zealand Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, September. 5. According to the Munich Neueste Nachrichten, larjje Japanese forces arc concentrated on the Manclmrian border ready to assist ' the Russians. i (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) 1 - NEW YORK, September 6. It is reported that, the German. fleet is preparing to attack Revel. - ( . (Iteuter's Telegrams.) | PETROGRAD, September 6. Yesterday thy; German fleet appeared in the Gull' of Riga. GERMAN FLEET IN GULF OF FINLAND. ENEMY ADVANCE FORTY-THREE MILES EAST OF : RIGA. ' : (Australia and taw Zealand Cable AMclallon.) , Received September 7, at 8 p.m. ' ■ COPENHAGEN, September G. • ■ Both Berlin and Ilelsingfors report that German squadron's have been seen at the entrance of the Gull: of Finland. It is be- . lieved the vessels are preparing an attack on Rcval and Kronstadt. (Australian and Reutcr). _ Received September 7-at 8,30 p.m. ~ ' • : LONDON, September 7.' A wireless official German report says: Our cavalry defeated the Russian rearguard, near Newluilpen, south-west-of fortythree miles eastward of Riga. ' • *v( • . (Reutcr's Telegrams.) Received September 7, at 8 p.m. / , . > - / , PETROGRAD, SeptemberjG/ It is officially stated" that besides the Grand Dukes, and other * member. 1 ; of the ex-Czar's entourage, certain- monarchist politicians are implicated in an anti-revolution plot. Evidences ? havc been traced to Petrograd, Moscow, KM, Odessa and Siberia. Large sums intended to be utilised in the plot have been seized". ~ The - ' arrests continue. • / . , ' ' ■ '

.c--v vl - ' , '* FRONT. ' £ f\ 1' " ' ' MOST, PRONOUNCED IN COASTAL REGflOfa. ' H 'V,, , ... ; ' ("Tlio Times" SorTicfl.) . • v ■' R^ceiyiSeptember8 >at 12.35n.in, ' . : • • ! . I ''; . ~ . LONDQN, September 7.' v Thc Russians continue to retreat on a curving front, sixty to , seventy miles ; between tlje Gulf of Riga and' D'viria.[ !Tlie. retreat, is niost prohoiincctl in' tlife coastal regions andis. steadying oii tlie Fried erichstadt, which is t]j.e tcinp6rnry,,keystono .Qf;. .the!'^Livonian. front. ..... . 1