PRZEMYSL RECAPTURED BY THE ENEMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2480, 5 June 1915, Page 5

PRZEMYSL RECAPTURED BY THE ENEMY

HEAVY ARTILLERY ATTACK RUSSIANS FIGHT TO THE LAST SHELL (By Telegraph—Press Askn.—Copyright.) Patrograd, Juno 3. Official.—"The enemy bombarded Przemysl with 16in. guns. Tho principal attack was on the north front, at 10 and 11, wliich tho Austrians had almost demolished before the surreuder in March. "Wo repulsed the attacks, but the enemy captured several of our guns, which we fired till tho enemy was almost at the muzzle, and our last shell had been spent. HOW THE FORTRESS WAS LOST UNFAVOURABLE SITUATION FOR RUSSIA. (Reo. June 4, 11.20 p.m.) Petrograd, Juno d. "The enemy's activity on tho Warsaw front has been revived, and he has resumed the offensive under tho cover of gas fumes. The Prussians are well provided with respirators." Official.—"Tho battle in Galicia was continued on Tuesday with undiminished desperation along the whole of the Vistula-Nadvorna front. Our troops on the loft bank of the Lower San pierced the enemy's line. "On Wednesday we captured a fortified position in the Rudnik distriot, where we took prisoner four thousand of tho enemy. "Our offensive along the whole front to the mouth of the Wisloka is developing successfully. "Przemysl, owing to the condition of its artillery and the works which the Austrians destroyed before their capitulation, was admittedly incapable of defending itself. Its retention only served our purpose until our possession of tho positions surrounding the town to the northward bad facilitated our operations on the San. When the enemy captured Jaroslav and Radyma, and spread along tho right bank, the maintenance of those positions forced us to fight on an unequal and very difficult front, increasing it by twenty-two miles, and subjecting us to tho concentratcd fire of the enemy's numerous heaTy guns." "Wo almost completely annihilated the second, third, and fourth Tyrol Regiments westward of Rubuik. "The enemy-near tho Bzura on Tuesday used poisonous gas largely, but the wind changing blew it back on the o nemy's 'trendies. A large number of the Germans emerged and ran crouching along tho .wire front, our firo decimating them." WAR CORRESPONDENT'S STORY London, Juno 3. Tho "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd corespondent says, regarding the '.jht for PrzemyslUnable to continue his advance along the right bank of the San, or get astride the Lemberg Pi-oad. General Mackensen left his main force to hold the trenches while he withdrew a largo detachment for a direct attack on the forts. The attackers were strengthened by troops from Genoral Marwitz's army, south-east of Przemysl. Under cover of a heavy artillery fi o the Germans on Sunday advanced to the assault of tho north-western and western forts on a twenty-mile front. Thev moved down a ravine from Mackowice to Fort 11. where they were checkod. Tho Germans' approach on the most westerly front was by foiest entanglements, they charged over tho fosses to the concrete forts. There were fierce hand-to-hand fights, in which both sides used their bayonets and tho butt-ends of their guns. ' Tho situation was Berious on Monday at tor noon. "PRZEMYSL AGAIN IN OUR POSSESSION."Amsterdam, Juno 3. An official message from Vienna Bays:—"Sinca 3,30 o'cluck this morning Przemysl has been again in our possession."GERMAN VERSION OF THE CAPTURE FALL OF THREE PERMANENT WORKS. London, June 3. A report from Berlin states that tho capture of Przemysl was duo to the fall of three permanent worltß on the northern front. The newly-created fortifications wero quite unable to resist the heaviest 'Austrian artillery. Tho Russians brought up troops, munitions, and guns into the fortress, while tho railway and military road to Lemberg wero not under fire. When tho Germans and Austrians shelled the railway and road the Russians precipitately removed their men and provisions. An official message from Berlin states "The Russian counter-attacks against our offensive columns 'east of Jaroslav completely failed. _ ? "General von Linsingen's army lias advanced to Zjdaczov, north-east of Stryj, close to Bmostor. "The booty of the battle at Strvj amounts to GO officers, 12,175 men, 1J cannon, and 35 machine guns." AUSTRIAN ENTRY INTO PRZEMYSL (Rec. Juno •!, 8.20 p.m.) London, .Tune 4. 'An official mofsago from Vienna stales thai (lie Orrmuis .stormed iho last of the Russian positions north of Przemysl last. Wednesday mailt, and entered from tho north. Our tenth corps entered from the west- and south a few hours later. "An attack by our idiios (tha in <ho uuctor north of BLt'xj, ia l.proKressinc successfully."