Eastern News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 70, 25 March 1915, Page 5

Eastern News

THE FALL OF PRZEMYSL. TOWN STILL INTACT. United Press Association Petrograd, March 24. A correspondent proceeding from Lemberg towards Przemysl saw the fortresses round the town burning like a circle of volcanoes. From the southern and western sectors came a succession of violent explosions and dense smoke as the Austrians blow up the ammunition stores. When the Russians heard the explosions they rushed past the forts at'id occupied the inner sectors. The Austrians meanwhile shot their horses to prevent them falling into the Russians’ hands. Then the parliamentary deputies announced the surrender. Many of the garrison dropped from exhaustion. Some had insufficient strength to leave the trenches. Most of them gnawed scraps to keep themselves alive. There were twenty thousand wounded among the prisoners. The town is intact, the outskirts alone having suffered.

“ALMOST ALL PURE INVENTIONS.” (Received 9.23 a.m.) Amsterdam, March 24. The commonal authorities in East Prussian villages and a representative of the Socialist paper “Vorwaerts,” investigated the alleged Russian assaults on women and cases of incendiarism, and elicited that these were almost all pure inventions.' DESPERATION OF THE AUSTRIANS ON THE 24th. (Received 9 a.m.) Petyograd, March 24. Three Austrian regiments made a desperate night attack on March 13th on Senkowka and Massia in order to detract atteention from Przemysl and to enable a decisive sortie to be made. The Russians drove them back across the Senkowka river with immense losses and 500 prisoners. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE RUSSIANS. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, March 24. The Times, in a leader, says that the fall of Przemysl is the most welcome and important episode since the New Year. “We congratulate the Russians on this new vindication of their prowess and invincible determination, which will stimulate the whole of the Allies to more and more vigorous efforts. The end of the siege, coinciding with the end of winter, ought quickly to result in a general clearing up in East Galicia.”

MISCELLANEOUS. United Press Association. Petrograd, March 24. ; Official.—Our detachment reconnoiteriug at Memel has fallen back to Russia. Wo captured a supply column in the Suwalki district, with great stores of food. We progressed between Dukla and the Upper San, capturing 3900 prison, ers, 16 machine-guns, and three guns. The enemy attacked in Uszok Pass, but was repulsed. Amsterdam, March 24. The Austrian official report claims to have repulsed violent Russian attacks in the Uszok Pass, capturing ■I3OO. The Austrians also drove the Russians from a height near Yakow, taking 690 prisoners.