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Show RUSSIA IS SENDING 1 10 SERBIANS TROOPS CROSSING BLACK SEA WITH VIEW TO TAKING BULGARIANS BUL-GARIANS IN THE REAR. Serbia's Tiny Neighbor and Ally, Montenegro, Mon-tenegro, is Being Hammered by Austrians Serbians Appeal to Allies for Instant Aid. London. Serbia remaius the center of interest in the war. Except for the French contingent stiffening the Serbian Ser-bian line in the region of Strumitsa, the allied reinforcements have not yet reached her hard pressed and retreating retreat-ing armies, and only the mountainous character of the country -is saving these troops from annihilation. Serbia's tiny neighbor and ally, Montenegro, meantime, is being hammered ham-mered by the Austrians, who are exerting ex-erting renewed pressure along the j Drina near Vishegrad, in a movement co-ordinating with the general Teu- ! tcnic offensive in the Balkans. Following the Russian bombardment bombard-ment of the Bulgarian littoral, Russian Rus-sian troops are now reported to be crossing the Black Sea preparatory to an attempted landing, with a view-to view-to taking the Bulgarians in the rear. These reports come from German sources, however, and are not confirmed confirm-ed ; nor is the report of a big naval engagement in the Black sea between a Russian squadron and Turkish war craft, headed by the Goe'ben and Bres-lau. Bres-lau. Serbian circles in London are still making urgent appeals to the allies to rush troops to their country's support, but the very fact that the Serbians have been able to hold out up to the present time has created a certain amount of optimism. Tie Bulgarians are said to be preparing pre-paring special trains to transport German Ger-man troops over the Bulgarian railway rail-way to Constantinople through Thrace. Already war munitions have been dispatched to the Turkish capital. cap-ital. Neither of the great battle fronts in the east and west has furnished any marked developments. Petrograd reports that the Austro-Germans are evacuating Volhynia, leaving vast quantities of ammunition and supplies. sup-plies. Russian resistance in the Riga district dis-trict evidently is holding firm, as the Germans admit a retirement south across the Missa near Palaknen, after they had advanced on the northern bank of that stream. Palaknen is about eleven miles directly south of Rigra, which shows the nearness of the German approach. The Germans retired after they had repulsed two strong attacks and were facing a third. Berlin reports that nothing of moment mo-ment has occurred on the western front since the issuance of the previous pre-vious official statement. Paris declares de-clares the Germans were beaten off in violent counterattacks made in an effort ef-fort to regain positions near "La Cour-tine" Cour-tine" in the Champagne, which the French took on Friday. The gain of a trench section at Bois En Hache in the Arotis also is claimed by the French. |
