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Show WINTER DEADLOCK IN IHEIRENCHES ARMIES OF EUROPE SETTLE DOWN TO DREARY SIEGE DURING COLD WEATHER. Italians Continue to Bombard Gorizia, Austro-Germans Reported Withdrawn With-drawn From Lemberg, While Allies Al-lies Are Retiring From Serbia. London. The main armies of Europe Eu-rope apparently have settled down into winter deadlock in the trenches. No news of important engagements along the main lines has been issued for several days. The Italians continue con-tinue to bombard Gorizia, but the complete com-plete fall of that town, which has been expected at any hour for the past fortnight, fort-night, is still delayed. The Austro-Germans have withdrawn with-drawn from Lemberg, Galicia, according accord-ing to a Kiev dispatch, which gives the prevalence of scurvy as the reason rea-son for this movement, but military critics consider it more reasonable to believe that they are straightening and shortening their lines for the winter. win-ter. They are constructing fortifications fortifica-tions along the southern section of their front. No definite details have been received re-ceived of the retirement of the French and British forces in the Balkans upon Saloniki, but this movement continues. The Paris Temps asserts positively that the allies have decided to remain re-main with Saloniki as their base and send sufficient reinforcements to renew re-new their offensive. It is claimed the retreat of the allies was effected without great loss. Apparently this information was gleaned from the Anglo-French council coun-cil of war in Paris. Consequently the Balkans will remain the center of interest. in-terest. A Reuter dispatch from Athens Ath-ens asserts that the Greek government govern-ment will concede all the allies' demands de-mands and that part of the Greek troops will be removed from Saloniki, while a Rome report credits Greece with the decision to demobilize her ' army. |