Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-12
James 0lDonneII Bennett De-
SCribeS Scenes in Austrian
Fort Following Its Recapture
by TeutoniC Forces,
ENTHUSIASM SUSTAINS
D0G-TIRED SOLDIERS
Terrible and Sickening Results
of Shell Fire on Russian
Troops Observed by Core
spondent After Battle,
by JAMES oDoNNrLL nrNNrrr.

! Copyright, 1915. BY The chicago Tribune
/ PrzemysL Galicia, June 4. tby
Courier 10 Berlin and Thence to Lon
don, June S.)--The first twenty-four
hours OF the German occupation OF
I Przemysl have not yet elapsed, and
the town Is ringing with the songs Of
the jubilant soldiers. The streets
/ tremble under the rush of motor bat
teries, going in pursuit of the retreat
ing enemy
! Inside the town Bavarian troops are
marching from masses sung in cele-
! bratlon of victory. Ia the fields out
side the town squads Of soldiers and
peasants are IN search Of wounded
who may lie amid the tall grain. AT
\ every few PAGES of their advance they
shout, then pause to listen for an an
| swering cry.
The troops marching from mass are
escorted by their bands They are
cheered as they pass. and at every
turn fresh Austrian flags are flung
from windows 60 welcome thom.
Tired, but Enthusiastic.
The troops are dog weary but are
sustained by their enthusiasm. Every
eye glows and every lip trembles
with excitement. Abldiers who al
ready have quarters are sitting in the
windows. making the streets around
ring with Gloria Victoria,
| Officers, meeting for the first time
since the firing ceased, lean from
their sad lies to grip hands and after
exchanging eongratulations the first
words uttered by every one OF them
are: How many prisoners2' The an
swer is pretty much of a disappoint-
meut, and the comment on il is that
the Russians have made clever with
drawal
Long blue ana white Bavarian and
yellow and black Austrian banners
are sWaying in the golden June sun
shine from the balconies of All the
governmental buildings, and the Aus
trian empcror's portrait wrcathcd
with field flowers. has just been
placed over the entrance to the rath-
haus.
Pont0on Bridges set.
Almost all the shops are still closed.
and all the regular bridges across the
san are down But pontoon bridges
have been thrown across the river ami
are packed with wagon trains and
caissons Al each end of every pom
toon sit soldiers, holding the craft
steady in the swift current with long
poles
These bridges are closed to the
townspeople with the result that fer
ries have been established, and these
are making fncessant trips What
with horses plunging down and up the
steep approaches Of the pontoon
bridges and wagons scraping their
edges, it is almost as much as life is
worth to try TO cross them on foot.
But the American correspondents, in
cluding Edwin Il. Wcigle and Iamea
O'Dopnell Bennett Of the Tribune and
Kari Won Wiegand, made the crossing
twice.
Rcsuming Normal Life.
Despite the strain Of military oecti-
patton, the life of the town Is already
resuming its normal tenor. Flower
girls are selling bouquets to the SOL
dieiy, an boys are fishing ON the
west bank of the river From the
opposite bank comes the roar Of songs
as Germans 90 marching in the direc-
tion OF Lemberg. Motor batteries are
moving to the east, decked with flow
ers and green branches. Every gun
crew has become q glee club.
The streets are dotted with groups
~ tN'7iNii va i9fHtlHt SttIlt SltfHlHs
ON the stone paVements, others talk
ing amidbly with German. Austrian
and Hungarian guards In the admin
istration Of this Austrian town Ger
man officers appear to hold the rein
General Maekensen made his for
maj entry az noon Yesterday amid en-
thusiasm cqualing that still prevail
Ing. saw him upon his return TO his
headquarters last evening He re-
sponded with grave smiles TO thel
greetings of his officers and hurried
into the villa for another long nights
work.
Hnrriediy Burylng Dead.
such is the Iubiation inside the
premier border fortress town Of Aus
tria, but IN the fields outside to the
north Is the awful stiffness Of the af-
termath of battle. For over two miles
the fields are dotted with bodies. and
there are burial parties at several
points, I,ussian prisoners are burylng
their own dead but In most places
Austrian peasants and German sol
diers are digging graves. collecting
dead. and carrying the bodies In
blankets 10 the graves.
The horror of the work under tho
blazing June sun causes the task to be /
pushed on w.th feverish haste. under
the direction Of the green-clad Ba- |
varian military police
The work of bnrying the dead |
horses cannot be so rapidly done, and |
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