Show ALLIES BRINGING HELP TO 10 SERBIANS RAINS AND ROUGH ROADS IMPEDING IM IM- THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS AND GUNS Germans Have Kave Taken Offensive South of Riga Rig Capturing Large Largs Number Number- of Prisoners While There Is a Lull Lullin Lullin Lullin in Fighting in the West Although there is very heavy fighting fighting fight fight- ing lug at some points along the eastern front as well as in the west the Aus- Aus tro-German tro and Bulgarian invasions of Serbia and the efforts of the British and French generals to bring help to their little ally before beCore it is too late continue to occupy the chief chiet attention of ot the people of the belligerent coun coun- tries The Serbians are being helped bythe bythe by bythe the weather which Is cold and winter- winter lik like The rains have set in and arc are impeding the movement of troops and guns which at the best must be slow over what answer for roads in the tho Balkan st states tes The Germans however claim to have taken the heights south of Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade Bel Bel- grade while along the Danube the army of General von Gallwitz is pushing push push- ing ng the Serbians back The fhe Bulgarians also lay claim to a rapid advance into Macedonia although although although al al- al- al though the French are already rep reported reported report report- rt- rt ed ell to be in contact with them at geli while both the and British British British Brit Brit- ish continue to land troops at Neither Russian nor Italian assistance assistance assist assist- ance anco has yet developed but the Italians Italians Italians Ital Ital- ians have begun a more vigorous offensive offensive offensive of of- along their frontier and have captured an important advanced advanced advanced ad ad- point of the fortified Riva group on Lake Garda This will be of or indirect aid to Serbia preventing asIt as asit asIt it does the movement of or any more Austrians troops from that frontier The Germans have taken the offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive south of Riga and forced the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- out of their positions capturing a large number of prisoners and some guns On the rest of the eastern front the offensive remains in the hands of the Russians who are attacking west of in the center and to the south of the Pripet river On the whole It appears to observers ers says a London dispatch as if the Germans were satisfied merely to hold their present line eX except in the north where they have made repeated at to take This would mean the fall rall of Riga and would compel compel com cam pd pel the Russians to withdraw behind the river This ambition has already cost the Germans many thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of men but they keep on trying trying trying try try- ing first in the north then in the south and then on the front At present their attacks are developing developing develop develop- ing lug the greatest force in the north |