A German Dreadnought, believed to be the battle-cruiser 'Moltke,' was
also torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine, though the evidence is not conclusive that she foundered. Part of the German plan was a landing near Pernau. Several longboats full of troops approached the eliore, the Russian Reservists, waiting among the sand dunes, allowing them to come near before opening fire. Not a man landed. The Germans in the boats were all disposed of, being either killed or taken prisoners. Berlin was silent on the whole subject till Wednesday, when a statement was issued do- daring that neither a large ship nor a cruiser was damaged or sunk. The ships "said to have been captured by the Russians" were steamers sunk by the Germans to block the channel. The long silence, followed by the very curiously worded statement, which is not expressly official, is as good a confirmation of the Russian claim as can be expected from Berlin.
