The French and the British press pestered their exhausted ally for a fresh offensive, but when presently the Germans made a strong attack by sea and land upon Riga, the British Admiralty quailed before the prospect of a Baltic expedition in relief.

• 法国和英国的新闻界缠着他们那个精疲力竭的盟友发动新的攻势，但是，当德国人很快从海上和陆地对里加发动猛烈进攻时，英国海军部却在有可能得到波罗的海远征军救援的情况下仍然畏缩不前。