Show RUSSIANS TUB N 0 N TEUTONIC ENEMIES GERMANS MAKING NO PROGRESS IN CAMPAIGN IN THE VICINITY OF RIGA british military writers believe aus au tro germans have reached limitation of their penetration of russia for the present austrian forces that have been engaged with the russians along the zelth river south bouth or of in eastern galicia have been withdrawn to the heighe lie lehto cast or of the stripa river before superior enemy forces I 1 it t Is stated in the official announcement of at tile the austrian war office A london dispatch says that the western front with continuous artillery engagements occasional infantry attacks and the probability that important events now impending will soon begin attracts almost as much attention as the eastern battlefields where aher 0 the russians and austro ger mans man 8 are contending tor for the maste mastery ry of railway lines the possession of which will make the victors more secure when the time comes to go I 1 nto into winter quarters for some time yet however the east la is likely to be the scene of the more sensational actions the russians are putt putting irig forth a strong offensive on either wing and are making an equally stubborn defens defensive lye in the center where the austro germans although gaining ground dally daily and coming closer to the miltia ilovino railway are meeting with increasing opposition the austrians Aust lans rians admit that they havo have suffered buffered a setback in this region in the statement that they withdrew their front on the sereth to th the a heights east ot of the stripa river before superior enemy forces on the northern end of the tha line southeast of riga the russians lius fans also are on the aggressive with ilia alie result that the germans have made no further progress against the D vina river line some of tile the british military writers believe that the austro germans have re reached a c hed the lornit of their penetration of russia RO fo far as this year Is concerned aal that they must now look to the defense of their present lines it Is reported in tact fact that they are already reconstructing the fortifications of koeno which are threatened by the russian offensive northwest of vilna ellna the russians estimate that the austro G germans armans have men on their front twenty eight corps being in the baltic and the lithuanian region included in this army are eleven austrian and nine german cavalry divisions the italians like their western allies are heavily bombarding their opponents line with artillery doubtless in an effort to find a weak spot to attack |