The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-03
Great Fortress in GaIicia Cap
tured after a Siege of :
Three Weeks.
FALL SURPRISES LONDON
Dancer of The Russian Threat
against cracoW Removed
by Austrian Victory.
ar Assoc,ArD rsrrs,

LONDON, June 3-After siege OF
three weeks the fortres OF Przenys1
in Galicsa has fallen to the Austrians
The Russians were in possession
was received In. London with certain
degree OF surprise. While It had been
well known chat the Russian position
at PrzemyN was serious TO say the
least, and that the artillery IRE OF
the Germantc allies was daily becom-
ing more terrific, the announcement
from Vienna OF an Autrian victory
was not expected so quickly, parncu-
Iarly IN view OF the official statement
ing the Autro7Gernan grip BEFORE
Przemys1 had been broken and that
the offensive in the struggle mad
passed totthe Russians
The Austrians entered PrZennysl al
eco o'clock this morning after ham
mering with heavy guns that lasted
more than twenty days. The capltu,
iation OF PrzemySi must be ascrlbeG
to the eRectiveness OF this artillery
onslaught.
The OCCUPATION of the fortress by
the Austrtans will remove the DANCE
OF the Russian threat against Cracow-
When the Russians starved out the
Austrian garrison at PrzemySl. an
operation which brought them into the
fortress ON March %, they did Il
slowly and Systematically conserving
the lives OF their men as much as
possible. The method which the Aus
tro Germans have been employing re-
Gently to accomplish the same end has
been entirely different. Their ex-
pendftures in me nand ammunition
has perhaps outdone anything IN this
war, not even excepting the German
Eushes for Calais and the terrible
StruggIe along the Yser canal The
retakIng OF the Przemys1 fortress al
ISL observers as one OF the most re-
narkabie feats Of the war
Immediately after the surrender OF
the Austria ngarrison. the Russians
began westward rush through Ga
licia and 1t was predicted that they
would soon overrun both SdeSia and
the plains of Hungary A. terrific Aus
tro-German offensive was inaugurate0,
however, the result of which was to
and to enable the Teutonic allies to
encircle Przemysl and attack 1T from
the north and southeast Another
feature of the fighting on the eastern
front is the new attack on, Warsaw.
Neither the Russian nor the British
newspapers are able to say whether
the renewed battering of the Russian
lines bSEw6Su che 41111Cd d44O IhS S49
tula Is a serious effort to break
through to the Polish capital, or a
move timed to prevent the Russians
from sending reenforcements to their
hard pressed troops in Galicia But
whatever the motive the assault has
been violent against front OF about
TWENTY-FIVE miles. the hardest pressure
being brought to bear on the Russians
along the Bzura and the Rawka rivers
8 - 81 nSr01 of
the birth of King George but because
of the war no especial celebrations
are being held.
The new government meets par
Nement for the first time today Aside
from the Formally OF passing the bill
to obvtate the ministers in the new
cabinet from seeking reelection, chief
interest centered in the n the prom
ised speech OF Premier AsGnith in the
House of Commons on the new coali-
ton government and the entry OF Italy
into the war.