Show RUSSIA IS SENDING AID TO TROOPS CROSSING BLACK SEA WITH VIEW TO TAKING DUL BUL IN THE REAR serbian Ser bias blas tiny neighbor and ally mon benegro ten te coro negro Is being hammered by austrians Aust lans rians serbians Serb ians appeal to allies for instant aid ondon london I 1 serbia remains tho the center of interest interest in it the war 1 for the french contingent stiffening tho the serbian line in tiro region mcglou of the allied reinforcements have not yet reached react L d her hard bard pressed and retreating a armies and only the mountainous character cliar acter of the country la Is saving having cheso troops from annihilation herbias Ser bias tiny neighbor and ally montenegro meantime Is being hammered cred by the austrians Aust lans rIans who are exerting er renewed pressure along tho the drina near in a movement coordinating co with t tho lie general teutonic to we offensive offen alvo la in tho the balkans Dal kana following tile the russian bombardment of ati tile bulgarian littoral russian troops are now reported report cil to bo be crossing tile the black sea preparatory to an attempted landing with a view to taking tho the bulgarians Bulga rians in the rear these reports come from german sources however and aro are not confirmed nor is IB the report of a big naval engagement in the black sea between a russian squadron and turkish war craft headed iby by tho the goebel and bros au serbian circles in london are still urgent appeals to tho the allies to rush h troops to their count rys support aup port but cul t tho the very fact that tho the serbians Serb Ser ians blans lavo have been able to hold out up to tile tho present time has created a certain amount of optimism the bulgarians Bulga rians are said bald to bo be preparing special trains to transport german troops over the bulgarian to constantinople through thrace already war munitions have been dispatched to tho the turkish capital neither of tho the great battle fronts in the east and west has furnished any marked developments petrograd Petro grad reports that tho the austro germans aro are evacuating leaving vast Q quantities uan titles of bf ammunition and supplies plies russian resistance in tho the riga district evidently la is holding firm as tho the germans admit a retirement south across tho the alissa near nen after they bad advanced ou on the northern bank ot of that stream nen Is about cloven miles directly south of nigra which shows the nearness of the german up approach tho the germans a r mans after they had repulsed two strong attacks and were facing a third I 1 berlin reports that nothing of moment has occurred on the western front since the issuance of tho previous official statement paris do declares tho the were beaten off in violent counterattacks counter attacks made in an effort to regain positions posit ioni near hear la cour una in tho the champagne which the french took on friday efio wit rain of 0 a trench section at bols bois en hacho in the also la Is claimed by the tha french |