Show BUSS A IS SENDING AID TO SERBIANS TROOPS CROSSING BLACK SEA WITH VIEW TO takina TAKING BUL IN THE REAR herbias Ser bias tiny neighbor and ally montenegro te negro Is being hammered by serbians Serb ians appeal to allies for instant aid L london lindon serbia remains the center of interest in the war except excepha for the I 1 ranch french contingent stiffening the serbian line in tho the region of mitsa UM ahe allied reinforcements have not yet reached her hard pressed and retreating armies and only the mountainous character of tho the country Is saving these troops from annihilation herbias Ser bias tiny neighbor and ally montenegro meantime Is being ham by the Aust austrians rians who aro are exerting renewed pressure along the drina near jn in a movement coordinating co with the general teutonic offensive in the Dal balkans kane following tho the russian bombardment of the bulgarian littoral litteral russian troops are now reported to ho be crossing the black sea preparatory to an attempted landing with a view to taking the bulgarians Bulga rians in the rear these reports tome come from german sources however and aro are not confirmed j nor Is the report ot of a big naval engagement in the dlack black sea BOB between a russian squadron and turkish war craft head headed edby iby the goebel and dres bros lau serbian circles in london are still making urgent appeals to the allies to rush troops to their count rys support but the very fact that the serbians Serb Ser ians blans have been able to hold bold out up to the present time has created a certain amount of optimism the bulgarians Bulga rians axe are said to toe be preparing special trains to transport german troops over the bulgarian railway to constantinople through thrace already war munitions have been dispatched to the turkish cap ital aai neither of the great battle fronts in the east and west has furnished any marked developments petrograd Petro erad grad reports that tho the austro germans are evacuating leaving vast quantities of ammunition and supplies russian resistance in the riga district evidently to la holding firm as the germans admit a retirement south across the missa near nen after they had advanced on the northern tank bank of that stream nen i Is about eleven miles directly south of migra which shows tho the nearness of the german approach tho the germans Iret retired tred after they had repulsed two aprong attacks and were fating facing a third berlin reports that nothing of moment has occurred on the western front since elace the issuance of tho the previous official statement pat patis pails is declares the germans were beaten oft off in violent counterattacks counter attacks made in art an et er tort fort to regain positions near la cour coup tine in the champagne which the french took on n friday the gain of a trench section at dots en hahe in the also aloo is claimed by the french |