FINAL SCENE AT PRZEMYSL
BATTLEFIELD LIT UP BY A CRIMSON GLOW (Rec. March 28,: 10.5 p.in.)'- „C. „ Petrograd, March 28.. After the Russian artillerv on JlarcK fl razed tho inner fortifications, the' rrzemysl garrisons asked General Kus. manek for instructions. Ho replied;'; "Die at your posts." *! Now guns were hurriedly placed in the ruined fort 3,' hut •' were quietly destroyed by the accurate fire of ths .Russians. , In the evening the Russians gained the first line of fortifications. Search- 1 lights were not used, everything being plainly visible iii the crimson glow oi the burning fortress. The inner forts still resisted, despitatho ground being shaken every few min* utes by the explosions of magazines, i Bj dawn the Russians had pene< the inner line of forts, and Gen-' oral Kusmanek ordered the blowing up of the remainder. At five o'clock, when the swarmed towards the fortress, tho white jtag was hoisted on. tho Meteorological
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2421, 29 March 1915, Page 5
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154FINAL SCENE AT PRZEMYSL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2421, 29 March 1915, Page 5
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