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Show TEUTONS GETTING REllOYJO STRIKE TROOPS BEING CONCENTRATED FOR ATTACKS ON EAST AND WEST FRONTS. Men and Guns Continue Moving to West Front and Indications Point to Drive In St. Mlhlel Region, Where Line Reaches Meuse. London. Whllo tho diplomats In Oreeco and Houmanla are engaged In now deals which will deddn tho next fltep In the Ualknn operations, thero Is Increasing evidence that tho (Jor-manB, (Jor-manB, over roBtloHB, aro preparing now strokes on both tho custom and western fronts, or at least a concentration concen-tration of thnlr forro tn qtrllto when conditloiiH aro propltloiiB. Dispatches from Potrograd nolo Gorman activity, particularly In the Dvlnsk district, which would accord with tho German ambition to reach tho lino of the Dvlnn river, whllo nil accounts from neutral countries mention men-tion a continued movement of men and guns to tho west In tho latter theatro of operatlonB It seems only a question at what polntB tho offeiiBlvo Is to bo taken. Mnny persons bolloved that tho Germans, Ger-mans, having found tho llncB In Flnnd-ors Flnnd-ors and Artols nuts too hard to crack, contomplato moving In tho St. Mlhlel rogion, whero the lino penetrates to tho river Mcuso, and whero thoro has been considerable activity during the last fow days. Tho only thing argued against this is that tho river has been at flood and tho French havo been systematically destroying tho bridges as they wero rebuilt. Thus far, how-over, how-over, there has been little more doing than the usual mining nnd bombing operations and aerial fighting In tho west. In tho Balkans military operations aro temporarily at a standstill, except In Montenegro and Albania, whore the AuBtrlans and BulgurlanB aro carrying carry-ing on mountain wnrfaro against King Nicholas' troops and tho Serbians. A big battle is In progress In tho vnlloy of tho Albanian or Black Drln river between tho Sorbs nnd Bulgarians. At last reports no decision has been reachod In tho fighting. It Is said, however, that tho Bulgarians, Bulgar-ians, who crossed tho river, found tho Serbians had boon reformed and wero driven back with heavy lossos. It Is posBiblo that tho Sorblan counter-attacks wero mado posslblo by supplies sup-plies having reachod them from tho Itallann who landed on tho Albanian coast and who aro trying to opon communication com-munication with tho Sorbs through that country. Tho Italians, it is understood, un-derstood, already havo landed 80,000 mon. |