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Show GREAT MOVEMENT EAST AND WEST IS PREDICTED LONDON. Sept. 7. The news that Emperor Em-peror Nicholas had placed himself at the head of hie army, which he announced in a telegram to Raymond Poincare, preside presi-de rrt of France, and the visit paid by the French commander in chleC General Joffre. to the Italian army, foreshadow, It Is believed in military circles here, stirring events on both t he eastern and western fronts in which the armies of all the allies will co-operate. Tt ic that tlia Rnsslana al ready are nearly, if not quite, holding their own against the Austrians and Germans, Ger-mans, whose advance at most points has been stopped, and In places are . on the offensive. Riga Danger Point. Riga remains the danger point, but the fact that the Russians continue to occupy the town after the Germans have advanced ad-vanced to the Dvlna, southeast of Riga, leads military writers to the conclusion that the Russians feel reasonably sure of their ability to defend the river nnd in time to push sufficiently far westward to relieve the pressure on their forces on the shores of tbe gulf of Riga. Westward of Dvinsk an.l Vilnathe Russian Rus-sian offensive has now held . the Germans for more than a week, and to the military mili-tary observers those two towns seem fairly safe unless the invader? are able to bring up strong reinforcements. East and southeast of Grodno the Russians have taken up new posi lions aoross the river St. Cham and its numerous tributaries tribu-taries and are protecting the network of railways which run westward and northward north-ward to the Interior of Ihe country. Battle in Progress. To the southeast again, among the forests for-ests and swamps to ihe northeastern tie is In progress between the army of Prinze teopold of Bavaria and the troops of the Russian center, the latter having finallv elected to mavke a stand. Amid the Pripet marsheB. the German field marshal. Mackensen. Ib working hard for a decisive result. He reports that he has taken two Russian position". Still another battle is being fought for the trlangl of fortifications farther south, hut Rovno and Duhno remain in the hands of the Russians. |