Show DRIVE ON WEST POSTPONED CHECK IMPOSED ON ARCHDUKE JOSEPH ferdinands ARMY CAUSE OF DELAY neither side has attempted anything of decisive nature and it la Is believed it may be weeks before they do T andon tho the check which the rua sans rii ns have imposed on archduke Arch duko jo seph ferdinands army in southern bouthern po io land ail and the additional strain which tilts has placed on the german gen eral von Macken 1 zens army to the right has postponed it Is believed in military circles hero here tho the threatened german offensive in the west an ant there Is now a possibility that the al lies will be the first to take the of fens lve in III support of this it is pointed out that the attacks by the cirman crown p princes army in tho the 1 evre which the german press announced was the commencement of a general move tor for ward have ceased aad and what lighting fighting la is going on oa along the western front cons f artillery engagements 0 13 few u abed attacks and counter at a t tacks by infantry which make little k or no difference in the positions of the th opposing forces the british according to tho the french report have repulsed a german at tack the german reports however allude to tills this as a british attack and berlin says it was repulsed with con sid sitt erable loss in fact the french and germ german ail reports are generally con in respect to what lighting fighting lias has taken place but from the trend of them it Is evident that neither sidi side lias has attempted anything of a decisive nature and it is believed here that it may bo be weeks yet before they to do so tar far as the germans are con berned military observers vcra assert they are bound to carry out their offensive against the russians until there it ic some decisive engagement such as the capture of tho lublin cholip railway which it is asserted would have been lu in their hands before now it if the alia ali advancing toward the city had not been driven back italian forces operating in the tyrol are not seriously menacing it rovereto by their continued advance in the mountain passes from the east but according to general Cad report aro now advancing rapidly on riva illva fro the west thus the operations in oje arentina entina Tr Trent lna district are being carried forward on oil both sides bides of lake garda with triest as aa the focal point of the advance official reports from the ibe tyrol front state that engagements in the cheese valley and at mount piano have resulted in favor of the italian alpine troops while tho the heavy artillery has brought under range of its iro fire the fortifications erected by the austrians Aust lans rians on ledro lake |