Show SERBIANS HOLDING THEIR POSITIONS ADVANCE OF AUSTRO GERMANS DELAYED BY opposition THEY ARE MEETING germans admit withdrawing troops from ground west of riga which they had gained few weeks ago at considerable sacrifice london there has leen been no material change recently in the situa tion either in serbia or on the other fronts the austro germans claim to tie be advancing along the line west of nish but beyond the report of the capture of more prisoners which the serbians Serb Ser ians blans say like those reported captured previously were largely civilians civilian 3 or albanians or ale donlan troops who surrendered easily the official reports of the invaders do not record the capture of any town in tact fact the serbians Serb Ser ians blans are now facing the invaders in the mountains which have bave proved a protection to them in their previous wars and they may be expected to make the advance of the austro germans and bulgarians Bulga rians a matter of 0 some difficulty it also is probable that the opposition the aus laying field marshal yon von Macken Mackeri sens arians are meeting in their efforts to drive back the montenegrins Montene grins iris is dearmy lor for the right wing must be tree free from this menace before they proceed with their drive so long as the serbian army remains intact which billich it has done thus tar far it Is the feeling eeling of 0 military men here that there is a good chance to turn the tables on this the germans and their allies the germans admit that they withdrew troops from ground west of 0 riga which they gained only a few weeks ago at considerable sacrifice and that the russian fleet in the gult gulf 0 of riga is supporting the russian army by their recent gains the russians have established a connection between their forces on the gult gulf of riga by way of kemmern hemmern and lake babit to olal olai which is halt half way between riga and mitao As a result ot of the activity ot of hostile submarines freight rates between cor diff and the mediterranean sea continue to jump A fresh record was made thursday when hen a rate of 50 shillings was quoted for port said A dispatch to the daily express from geneva says a message received there from bucharest states that the russian have ascended the danube river and landed a small force of men and guns near Sill on the south ern bank of the danube in doumanian Rou manian territory some thirty miles east of where the river reaches bulgarian soil |