Show GERMANS russian CAPITAL RUSSIANS PUTTING UP STUBBORN DEFENSE OUT BUT ARE BEING OF ING RAPIDLY DRIVEN BACK goodno evacuated by the azars czars armlet armies taken by the hc Germ germany who capture only four hundred mon men after street fighting london tho the germans bermana in their ti elal al report claim to have carried by athe the fortified bridgehead at lenn awada on the dalna river between Friedrich friedrichstadt stadt and riga this ix in considered for tho the russians tho the knost anost crimial point on their whole grant lor for should tile the germans sue teed reed in crossing the cyina the RUB rits slang lans would be compelled to evacuate luga and their position between the mills and vil ellna n a and even southwest of the latter city would bo be jeopardized however the germans do not yet claim to have crossed the ahe river which Is in boeing toeing defended by ft a reinforced commanded by general who stopped the previous german ad vance tance on the dzura river in front of barsaw warsaw lar saw Alili military tary critics believe that the russians will make a stubborn defense deafen on an the avina the opinion being expressed that should they tall fall here the german fleet would gain command of tile the gulf of riga and by landing troops it at pernau would con Ider sider ably shorten tho the protracted march to Petro petrograd grad which ts Is understood of to be the ultimate objective of the german higher command in view of the importance of the battle raging along tile the lower avina the fighting elsewhere loses somo some of its interest goodno which tile me kusa IR ns evacuated apparently proved nit an empty shell to tho the germans as tiley they captured only ou prisoners after street fighting to the northwest or of diina tile the russians are on the often rive alve and while tile the germans say tile tho russian counter counterattacks attacks have been a complete failure it lit la said lit in petro grad that the counteroffensive count eroff eishe serl bert bously threatens thre atena the lie german left hank and comi ni catlow with the army of lieutenant general von El chhorn the russian center Is still retiring the marshy districts however every day they are taking a toll of at their pursuers the russians Rus slana also bre alra offering resistance to the austro german offensive in Gall gallela cla and couth southeastward eastward of lutsk they hold a groat front of some fifty miles intersected LY hy hills woods and rivers which offord a splendid defensive cover concerning tile the operations at tho the dardanelles Darda nelles no news has been received rec elved d since the report last baat wednesday from Cle general sir lan ian haell ton coram commander mider of the british forces on the peninsula the continued successes of the aus tro germana Ger mallo in the east leads many writers to the conclusion that the sustained bombardment of tho german lines in the west means an all early move by tho the entente allies tile the critics point to this the thorough redla redistribution tribu of the british and french aral armies nn ari ld d the shelling of zeebrugge Xee Zee brugge soma bome 3 days ago as heralding Bom something ething at least preliminary to it general offensive |