Show AGIN SET FOR GERMANS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ALMOST ENTIRELY surrounding PART OF RUSSIAN ARMY imi ama nj Is I 1 taken by german force forces and russians Rui alan must fight their way out eastward or retire in a southeasterly direction the german germans have occa occupied pled vilna according to advices reaching lon don and by a wide ew toping movement oat to the north of that city have acce eded in almost entirely surround eur round ing a portion of the russian army which h la to fighting la the railway tri ancle angle between vilna lida and Vi leika at any rate the russian forces in this district either must fight their way out eastward atward ea or retire in a south direction for the only railway loft ft entirely in their handa hands la to hat that which rune runs from vilna to lida tod ind thence to the array army of field marchal arshal Al von yon ilia i den denture burc which took vilna and hail has reached Vi viletha letka to the east ot t vilna to working in close cooperation with that of archduke leopold of bavaria in an effort to catch a parl part of the russian army an operation which hue bits keen been so 0 o often tried success su cess 23 ince since the austro germans commenced bleir drive in western galicia in early may the Ilus 1 express confidence in he outcome of 0 the battle hut but their vor northern thern annlea armies held closely almonr the dalna and the german flank well protected by their cavalry walh recen recently tIr occupied widey across tho the vuna petrograd railway it t seems impossible 1 tbt cay rny c ay aid can come to them from that dir direction cetton the situation Itu atton in the balkan balkans and at the Darda dardanelles nelles baa has reached a crisis czar ferdinand of bulgaria and the king of Ilou mania aro are reported to be heuing a conference ut at a place on the Vai danube lube the location of which ie Is kept it la Is believed that this confor conference enc will decide the action of the balkan power powers the chief inter est lies in the fact that the action of the balkan league will decide tuo ilia all Im important dardanelles Darda nellea nelles campaign buh bolh the germana und the french clata clat a mil mit ictor lee on tho the western front but tio there in the italian theatre nor in the Darda nellea h hare love any events of great moment been r reported recently |