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Show PEER GREATER OPPOSITION TO 1TEUT0NP0RCES ittle Is in Progress Just 3elow Gulf of Riga for the Possession of Dvina. UDGEHEAD THERE TAKEN BY STORM "i ' ccesses, if They Are Carried Car-ried to Conclusion, May Result in Evacuation of Port. v rOXPOX. Sept. 4. 9:44 p. m. Al-Ough Al-Ough they continue their retirement in sectors and are being driven back "'others, the Russians, on the whole, :'e stiffened their opposition to the itro-German .advance and the Ger-v-iic allies now have to fight, and it hard, for every yard of ground : ch they gain. ;'iway to the north, just below the : f of Riga, a big battle is in prog-for prog-for the possession of the river .na and the Germans now occupy the item bank between Lennewada, C ?re they captured a bridgehead yes- lay, and Friedrichstadt, where an- er bridgehead was taken by storm ay. a. May Fall. hese successes, if they can be car-. car-. J to a conclusion by forcing a cr06s-- of the Dvina, must result in the : .cuation of the town of Riga, which iady is being threatened from the St and south by Field Marshal von idenburg's army. From Friedrich- - dt south to the Pripet marshes, the Asians and Germans are engaged in .eries of battles, and while the Rus-is, Rus-is, by a counter-offensive aloDg the id aa river and counter-attacks at oth- - points, are inflicting heavy losses on "-ir pursuers, they are being pressed k, and the town of Vilna, which has . jady been evacuated by the civilians, bably will soon be left behind by-Russian by-Russian army. ;'.?0 the south of the Pripet marshes, ither series of battles is being fought. - 3 Russians along the Styr and Se-::: Se-::: h rivers are making a stubborn 'nd, and the Austro-Hungarians, in Dse ranks there is a strong leaven-r- of Germans, are finding their way 'tward barred on most of the front. - ;y have, however, forced a crossing the Sereth river at its junction with - Dniester; so that now a very nar-J nar-J r strip of Galicia remains in Rus-a Rus-a hands. ladway Impossible. Jinding it impossible to make head-is head-is y in their frontal attacks on the po-:ons po-:ons covering the fortresses of Dubno 1 Rovno, which were bases of the i -ssian armies for their advance ' ough Galicia, the Austrians are mak- an attempt to turn those positions !;jn the south, and claim that Gen-von Gen-von Boehm-Ermolli has broken 'ough the Russian lines. ".'here is no indication where the new . ssian lines are, but, from their ong defense, it ib evident that they - end, if possible, to bring the Austro-" Austro-" .'man offensive to a standstill not far '.t of where they are now offering a St stubborn resistance. So far as the 2?ssian armies are concerned it Is ap-ent ap-ent that they are fairly safe from encircling movement, unless the '''rmans can quickly throw a strong ce across the Dvina, southeast of sistent Bombardment. it present the Russians have behind :. tm a large number of roads leading ft and northeast, and as they have ' -)ved themselves to be masters of re- - -at, military writers here are con-' con-' iced that they will remain nowhere ig enough to be caught. The rear arda, of course, occasionally fall into prt hands of the pursuers. The French, British and. Belgian ar-lery ar-lery continue an insistent bombard-(Contlnued bombard-(Contlnued on Page Three.) GREATER OPPOSITION IS OFFERED TEUTONS (Continued from Page One.) ment of the German trenches and can- I tonmeuts in the west, but thus far the expected offensive has not developed, and the designs of General J off re, the French commander in chief, are not dis- ; closed. I A heavy fall of snow has added to the difficulties of the Italians and Austri- j ans in the Alps. But they continue j the bombardment of the opposing posi- I tions anrl both claim successes. The invasion of Rumania by the Ans- ; tro-Gcrmans, with or without a declaration declara-tion of war, is being discussed as a probability in the Balkan capitals, and as no aid could be sent to her in men and munitions, until the Dardanelles are opened, it is expected that the efforts to force the straits will be further increased in-creased by the armies and navies of the allies. |