Show trap SET FO 0 M U S OFES GERMANS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN P A ALMOST almor T ENTIRELY SURROUND INQ ING PART OP OF RUSSIAN ARMY ma vana 70 Is taken by carman forces force anaf RU Rust glans lana must fight their 1 wily way out eastward Eai or retire in a southeasterly direction the germans have occupied vilna according to advices advises reaching london and by bv a wide sweeping movement to tile the north ot of that city have succeeded in almost entirely surrounding a portion of tho russian army which la is fighting la in tho the railway triangle between vilna llda lida and Vil vilella elka at any rate the forces in this district either cither must light their way out eastward or retire in a southeasterly direction for the out only railway left entirely in their hands handa li Is pat that which runs runa from vilna to llda lida and nd thence to tho army ot of field marshal yon von ilin denburg which took vilna and has reached Vi leika tp to tho the cast of vilna is working in close operation cooperation co ditl that of archduke leopold of bavaria in an effort to catch a part of the russian army an operation which hat been so often tried without success since the austro germans bermans commenced their drive in western galicia in early way the russians express conil confidence dence la in the tha outcome of the battle but with will their northern armies held closely along the dalna cyina and the german flank well protected protect eil by their cavalry which recently occupied bidsy across the vilna railway it seems im possible that any aid can come tc them from that direction tho situation in tile the galkins and at al the dardanelles Darda nelles has reached a crisis czar ferdinand of bulgaria and th icing of llou manla are reported to be holding a confer conference conf crenco enco nt at a place on the danube tile tho location of which Is kept secret it Is believed that this conference will decide the action ol of the balkan powers tile the chief inter eat lies iles in ili the fact that the action ol of the balkan league will decide the nil all important dardanelles Darda nelles campaign doth both tho ilia germans and ilia french claim minor victories on the western front but neither there in tho the ital lan ian theatre nor in the Darda dardanelles nelles have ariy any events of great moment been reported recently |