Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-23
PRZEMYSL IS NOW IN HANDS OF RUSSIANS; SIEGE ENDED.
After Six Months Investment Austrian Garrison in GailaClan Fortress SurenderS 10 the. Russian Bear.
FAMINE AND DISEASE
 FACED THE GARRISON
Petrograd Celebrates Event; So Does Paris; London Takes 1t With Grim and Silent SatiS- faction Throughout.

LONDON, Mar. 22.-The long investment Of the miu- u-Gallician fortress, Przemysl has ended. Attacked by disease, subsisting on horseflesh and surrounded by a supedior force Of Russians, the garrison surrendered after a de- fense of six morths Austria's most noteworthy contribution Co the war;
 Petrograd and Paris are eele- brati1g the event in a spontane- ous manner, characteristic, while London is with grim and silent satisfaction, the Briton's way The papers assert it is the most imporJant capture of the war, not excepting Antwerp. lt releases Russian forces and opens the door to Cracow and the plains of Hungary. The moral effect will be tremendous, it is argued. The theory of the Afiss Is that it win stimulate the feeling in their fav- or in Roumauis and Bulgaria just as the operations in the Dards- nelles are agitsting Greece and
 baly. The investment of Przemy- syl began September 16.
 The Italian situation is receiyine reserved attention by the press of the Allies. Bumors. rather than facts are the basis for most of the dispatches The Italian embassy in London ha. no confirmation of the report that freight traffic was stopped betweer Italy and Germany via Switzerland nor of the reported massiug Of troops on the frontiers.
 Przemysl fcl with honors. Th' British press comedies it withstooC the onslaughts longer than any place in Che war The duration Of the siege was due Co two causes The desir' of Inc Russians to keep the loss O. life in their forces at minimum and the lack of biz guns which tn, Germans had in Belgium The in vestmeut was not a close one. th' garrison until recently had a radiu of twelve miles in which to moy' about
 Some dispatches told of shooting eN petitions indulged in by officers of thu garrison. An aeroplane post wa maintained up to the last it is said even some scanty food supplies wer carried in this way The Przemys garrison is estimated at S0,000 las September Last week it was repor ed diminished to about 25.00o Ther have been recurrent reports of chol' ra and other diseases, but these ar as vague as many premature report regarding its surrender.
 Nothing of great importance ha been heard overnight in the wester war zone In the east aside from th fall of Przemysl. the situation aroun the German DOT, of Memel is the mos interesting From this town the Ge mans maintain they have driven th Russians. while the controversy being waged between the two cou' tries as to the merits of the Russia contention that civilians fired on thei in this latest iucursiou in East Pru sia. am act which demands reprisal There is no late news from the Da danelIes. The belief in Englar seems 70 be that operations perhap win be more prouacted than was first expected
 PETROGRAD. March 22-The P zemyaI garrison, which capitulated the Russian army, surrendered wit out a fight hoisting the white tl. over this fortress, which is said have been on the point of surrende ing on number of occasions. cau8ed little surprise, as it was se eraIy known it was in a terrio weakened condition. without food ammunition and its endurance on a question of days.
 War office adyices report nine Az
 
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