FAIL OF FORT PRZEMYSL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2417, 24 March 1915, Page 5

FAIL OF FORT PRZEMYSL

BELEAGUERED GARRISON SURRENDERS HOW THE END CAME ANOTHER SET BACK TO THE GERMANS SERIOUS REVERSES IN FRANCE ITALY'S PREPARATIONS 'After a. prolonged siege, the intensity of which has varied from .time to time to suit the exigencies of the pressure of events elsewhere along the Eastern battlefront, Fort Przemysl, the Austrian stronghold in Galicia,' has fallen. Tlio story of the end, of the last sortie of the garrison, the surrender, and the condition of things within the beleaguered city, is simply, told in the war news to-day. Meanwhile the Russian offensive in the Carpathians is being pushed forward with great vigour, and the advance troops are engaging the enemy on the Hungarian side of tho range, At the northern end of the long battle-front the Russian pressure is being steadily maintained, and further progress is reported, ln the Western theatre, the Germans have sustained two serious reverses in the Argonne district, while at other points their attacks have been repulsed. There aro 'no fresh developments in the naval' situation in the Dardanelles. Indications of land operations in the near future are disclosed in refer-, ences to' the expeditionary troops. There is a general-note of satisfac- • tion and entire accord in the Press comment upon the Tecent big battle in the Straits, while the loss of the'battleships is philosophically noted as part of the price to be paid in a war iiT which all victories must be dearly bought. Italy's war preparations are becoming more marked, and there is a corresponding activity en the Austrian side, where large forces are concentrating. A proclamation has been . published at Trieste, calling upon t.ie people to rally round the Emperor. Another steamer has been torpedoed, this time in the English Channel. Lord Kitchener has iiail an interview with tbs representatives of the Liverpool dock men, and presented them with a clear and unmistakable statement of their responsibility to the Army and the nation in regard to tho supply of labour for the transport services. x ■