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Show 1 , I Russians Gather Large Army at Odessa ? For Great Campaign in the Balkans It APPREHENSION IS FELT IN BERLIN i AND VIENNA OVER RUSS OFFENSIVE t Germans Not at All Sure That Rumania Will Refuse Permis-) Permis-) : sion to Russian Army to Cross Her Territory Petro- t grad Reports Sharp Advance Along Styr River With i Sharp Checks for Enemy on Both Wings Ger- (jj mans Claim Repulse of Czar's Troops in Riga-Dvinsk Region Italy Expects Immediate Fall of Goriz'a More I Troops Land at Salonika. Paris, Nov. 24, 5:55 p. m. The Serbian legation an- i nounced today that ihe Serbian government, which had been :! located at Prisrend is departing today to Scutari, Albania. I Rome, Nov. 23, via Paris, Nov. 24 j la. m. Further advances for the I Italian forces In their attack on Gor- I ' Izia are announced by the war office ,f in tonight's statement. Tho crest of InJ the Calvario height west of Gorizia j J was reached and maintained, it is de- ? t clared, and the positions receutly won 5 J , northwest of Oslavia were strsength- 7 x ened. . The text of the statement follows: II "Later news of the fighting of No- U vember 20 and 21 for the conquest of 1 the heights northwest of Oslavia tt brings out the importance and the js special violence thereof. A brigade ft I of grenadiers yied with troops of the 1 A fourth division in the dash and brav- i ery of their attacks and stubborn re- sistauce in alternate success and fail- $ urc against the violent and incessant f i resumption of the offensive by the ,4 enemy. 1 f "On that part of the front yester-i yester-i j day the day passed in , relative calm I and the troops were able to strength-is strength-is en the .positions they had conquered. I Furious Artillery Fighting. 2 "On the Calvario height west of k I Gorizia, the crest was reached and , we maintained ourselves on it under ra 'l the furious artillery fire of the cn-j cn-j emy. "On tho Carso front, after having "1 repulsed feeble attacks by the enemy ff ? during the night wc resumed action jS & with vigor in the morning. We took fi 5 by assault a strong viUrenchment j near the Church of San Martlno del J Carso." j!- j Montenegrin Forces Retreat. Paris, Nov. 24, 2:35 p. m The 7 f Montenegrin forces are continuing to i retreat before the Austrlans, as is 11$ shown by the following official state-Is state-Is ;, ment forward yesterday from Cet-s Cet-s 1 tlnje: r ; "Our Sanjak army continued yester- ,.' day to retire in good order upon de-5 de-5 '' fensivo positions. '" " "Artillery fighting is in progress on I the other fronts." Violent Artillery Fighting. Constantinople, Nov. 24, via London, 2:42 p. m. Violent artillery fighting near Seddul Bahr, at the tip of Galll-poli Galll-poli peninsula, is reported by the war office. It adds: "On Sunday we shot down and captured cap-tured a British aeroplane. Thcpilot, a major was wounded slightly" Serbian Capital Moved. Athens, Nov. 23, via London. According Ac-cording to diplomatic advices received receiv-ed here today, the Serbian government govern-ment has been removed from Mitro-vitza Mitro-vitza to Prisrend, in western. Serbia, near the Albanian border. The diplomatic dip-lomatic corps has gone to Petch, Montenegro. Mon-tenegro. Brain Partly Removed. Paris, Nov, 23. Dr. Gucpln, in a report to the Academy of Sciences, telle of removing one-third of the left part of the brain of a wounded sol-ffi"K sol-ffi"K dler. The soldier recovered and is rk now in perfect health. a i tE Churchill in Trenches. 0y London, Nov. 23. It is learned to- ?$ night that Winston Churchill, who re- W, f cently resigned his cabinet post to j( I go to the front, has been attached to Vi the Grenadier guards and is now serv- Sfi 5 InE his first tour of duty in the jicjj t' trenches. a$ ,'' Review of War Situation. '! London, Nov. 24, 11:49 a. m. Con- K I tradictory claims to victory in the S' Balkans leaveB tho present situation jf ; in doubt but it is evident the advance 19 ,. of the Austro-German armies and 5P " their Bulgarian allies is not so rapid lJ as earlier reports indicated. Appar- fjS1 . ently heavy fighting is under way in 2j ' the section of the country where the j5b Teutonic invaders are attempting to mt . form a junction with the Bulgarians. .51 T110 fetQ o Monastir Ib still In the jni balance. Reports emanating from iS) Rome state that tho Bulgarians, hav- fjlijj lng regard for Greek susceptibilities, "aps are waiting for tho Germans to come Wfr) Up and occupy tho city. rJW - In tho entente capitals renewed con- i&Jft - fidence is professed that Greece is 'jttk-l moving toward complete agreement iJwl vlth the wishes of the allies. Berlin riM , has revived the report that Russia RJS ' is contemplating a great campaign jjt h in the Balkans for which a largo army rtpl as been gathered at Odessa. The ''&$ Germans who have given publicity to SMi this report do not seem at ail sure B? llat Rumania -will refuse permission Stt: i5 army to cross her territory. we Russians Report Advance. yjfl ' Petrograd reports a slight advance ffls along the Styr river, with sharp , 3 checks for the Germans and Austri-ans Austri-ans ou both the northern and southern south-ern positions of the eastern t'ront. Vienna, Vi-enna, however, says there is nothing worthy of report along this line. Nevertheless, Nev-ertheless, there is apprehension in Vienna and Berlin of the result of the expected Russian offensive in the ex treme southeast. Fall of Gorizia Expected. Italy looks for the immediate fall of Gorizia which, according to the latest reports, is dominated by artillery artil-lery of both sides and forms a no-man's no-man's land. One Commander Not Advisable. London, Nov. 24, 3:35 p. m. Premier Pre-mier Asquith told the house of commons com-mons today it had not been considered consid-ered advisable to place all the land forces on the western front under one commander. The premier's statement state-ment was in reply to a question by I Sir George Scott Robertson. |