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Show GERMANS HliS ATRUuSIK MUSCOVITES FALLING BACK -NEW POSITIONS AND GEr ' MANS IN HOT PURSUIT Speculation Rife as to Whether -tons Intend to Continue Follow,. Enemy or Intrench and Turn S Attention to the Allies, London. There are no sign? t, Any slackening of the German py, of the retiring Russians and a,. ing to the official report issued ic e. lin, progress has been made jn sectors-of the eastern battle X- cept that in northern Courland. v. .. the armies of Grand Duke Xi,v are offering an effective resist t ' From the southeast of Kovno. the Germans claim to have b:.;.-the b:.;.-the Russian resistance and tt therefore, be approaching Vilr.a, s the Niemen to Grodno and southeastward through the foi:r , Bieloviezh and along the borders the Pripet river marches, the Ri;;. are falling back to new positions. Speculation again is being In as to whether the Germans ir -to follow the Russians further or -pare positions from which tL-v hold the Muscovites, while the 7-tons 7-tons attempt an offensive in i;.e E kans or on the western line in Fri and Belgium. Military observers : are of the opinion that this que--, must be settled before many have elapsed, arguing that : ; summer coming to an end, k : proposed for the fall must siu:. velop. The artillery has been ::.e : mode of warfare in the wester:. : The most activity has been d:-; here by the guns of the allies. have been shelling virtually tV.e t: German line. In addition. t':. a have been using their air c:.s large squadrons to bombard G-- positions. It is being vaguely hinted here mid-October has been chosen -time for the long-postponed "b ? ; of the allies, but the general p . does not expect a strong u movement as yet. There has been more lit-ivy f-on f-on the Gallipoli peninsu'.a, a to the Turkish official report, claims that the allies suffewi ily in a series of attacks last F: :. |