Show GERMANS MAKING NO PROGRESS IN CAMPAIGN IN THE VICINITY OF RIGA british military writers believe aus 1 tro germans have reached almi tation of their penetration of russia for the present austrian forces that have been en with the russians along the eith river south of n cast ern gallela Gall cla have been withdrawn to the heights east of the river before superior enemy forces it Is stated in the official announcement of the austrian war office A london dispatch says that the western front with continuous arall lery engagements occasional infantry attacks and the probability that am events now impending will eoon begin attracts almost as much attention as the eastern battlefields where the russians and austro ger mans are contending for the mastery of railway lines the possession of which will make the victors more se cure when the time comes to go into winter quarters for some time yet however the east is likely to be the scene of the more sensational actions the rus are putting forth a strong of on either wing and are making an equally stubborn defensive in the center where the austro germans al though gaining ground daily and corn ing closer to the railway are meeting with increasing tion the lans admit that they have suffered a setback in this region in the statement that they withdrew their front on the sereth to the heights east of the river be tore superior enemy forces on the northern end of the line southeast of riga the russians also are on the aggressive with the result that the germans have made no fur ther progress against the avina river line some of the british military writ ers believe that the austro germans have reached the limit of their pene of russia so far as this year is concerned and that they must now look to the defense of their present lines it is reported in fact that they are already reconstructing the of koeno which are threat ened by the russian offensive north west of vilna the russians estimate that the austro germans have 2 men on their front twenty eight corps being in the baltic and the lithuanian re gion included in this army are elev en austrian and nine german cavalry divisions the italians like their western al lies are heavily bombarding their op ponente line with artillery doubtless in an effort to find a weak spot to attack |