Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-21
Numerous Battle Are Being Wag-
ed All Along the Various Lines
IN the European War: Balkan
Situation Still in Doubt.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
IMPORTANT VICTORIES
German Has ZeppelinS at Work
Against the British and Rus
sian Submarines in the Baltic
Sea.

LONDON. Oct 90 Battles south of
Riga, where the Germans have made
progress iu q new thrust at the Baltic
province. and a port in Volhynia Ca.
licia, where the Russians have gained
important victories, are competing in
interest with the operations i'm the
Balkans. The Germans have concen-
trated a large number of forces and
artillery to the south Of Riga as the
result of The stubborn battle i'm pro
gress several days.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg. who
is IN command, reported two DAYS ago
that his forces had reached Dvina
The waterway is holding him up for
the time being The Russians consid-
or the situation more serious than It
has been for a long time Talk Of
evacuation of Riga is made by the mil
itary forces The position is reversed
al the other end Of the Eastern front.
whore General lvanoh has been strik-
ing hard az the Teuton forces at the
middle of the Styr and an along the
front of Galicia that Is still 'n Rus
sian hands. He has driven his op-
Donents back several places It is
reported that the Austrians have evac-
uated Czarnowitz The Teutons and
Bulgarians are advancing along the
Serbian fronts. but not with the speed
anticipated
The Teutons apparently have spread
their armies in q wider front Berlin
reports that they are advancing to
Shabats, which Is q long distance west
OF Belgrade. Importance is attach.
ed 20 the arrival Of the Odessa mill.
tary mission en- route from Rumsnia TO
Paris. The object is not known. It is
thought the mission hardly viii be
undertaken unless Rumania contem-
plated taking action on the side of the
Alis. The Germans are employing
Zeppelins against the British and Rus
sian submarines in the Baltic
The Czernowitz report finds some
confirmation i'm the Odessa dispatch
declaring that the Russians have
abandoned the contemplated evacu-
alton of the northern district Of Bes-
sarabia The Bulgarians claim 10
have captured Sultan Tepe. southwest
of Egri Palanka, and to be advancing
toward Kumanoyo They took two
thousand prisoners. Both places are
east of Uskub There is stin some
doubt as TO whether they cut the rail
way near Vranya The Serbian gov
ernment denies the report Oher ac-
counts say the Bulgarians reached the
city but were driven back
The opinion Is that the Germans in
the first place aim at the Serbian
grain country, of which Pozarevac, has
already been reached, is the center
The Bulgarians are making across the
country for Macedonia, where they
win find a friendly population The
Anglo-French forces have been in ac-
ton on the Graeco-Bulgarian frontier
but seemingly the battle is not import
ant No official reports have been is-
sued regarding it.
The Germans according to British
and French statements, have attempt
cd am offensive near Hulluch and
Rheims, where they suffered severe re-
verses. on the other hand. the Ger
mans claim successes near Prunay and
the Champagne district Mining ope-
rations have occupied the attention of
the Anglo French and Turks qt CALI
poll From Mesopotamia it Is unof
Gcially reported that the British are
within a few miles Of Bagdad