Show TE U TONS SLOWLY sen DEFENDERS FALLING BACK DE ne FORE AUSTRO GERMANS OUT BUT HOLDING bulgarians BULGA RIANS russians take offensive Offe nelve in east against von hindenburg but out with indifferent Ind Herent success Suc cees owing to marshy ground london the Ser serbians blans are falling back from mountain range to moun tain range before the advance of the austro german forces whose official reports enumerate the capture or of a thousand or more prisoners daily a few gun gums and quantities of stores the Seri serbians blans are fighting continuously however and are inflicting indicting considerable losses on their pursuers pur euers along the eastern front tho the ser blans appear to be holding their own against the bulgarians and are making a stand on the western river bank so stubborn has been their resistance the bulgarian Bulgaria nj have had to call tor for assistance si from the Aust austro german artillery la in their effort to drive the defenders out of tk pass thus far liar they have been unsuccessful ane a british and french troops which are receiving reinforcements are meeting with some success and besides repulsing the bulgarian at tacks have undertaken small offensive movements with good results the austro germans and bulgarians Bulga rians how ever made euch such progress from tho the beginning ot luu campaign that it will now take serious work to check them for tho the moment the political situa tion Is graver than tic tle military situa tion the central powers have again protested to greece against tha the land ing of allied troops at king constantine Constant lne ie le reported to have replied that an aki ts Is an open port there has hall been no infringement of greek rights in the landing cind and that greece will remain neutral until one of th the e belligerents has hat transgressed against t these rights italy has now joined her allies by sending a warship to salon iki which on friday bombarded the railway station at bul dul earia garia the russians have definitely re belled field marshal von illenden burge drive toward riga and evinsk and along the dina river and have themselves taken the offensive but ap ad parent ly owing to the state of the ground have been able to make only slow progress in the marsh region west of riga along the river in the south the austro germane by a counter stroke have pierced the russian lines and captured 1600 1500 prisoners accord ing to the berlin berlia of official fiLial statement these strokes are about all that can be expected on the eastern front while the soft weather continues |