New-York tribune., 1915-03-22
e.,st Blow Struck in the
rratherland in Spring
Campaign Serious.
VICTORY AT MEMEL
pFpORTED COMPLETE
49,, way 10 Relieve Place Is by
Co g., Entailing Bombardment
of Own Town.
,sv cssl, to n, Tribune J

liz, March Il. A correspondent
IN. Daily News" sends the follow
=, = dispatch from PctrOSrad' dated
yr;hsl; ...,aod - do-
,..,;,r the first blow of the spring
. ..,,irn inside German territory. The
o 81. yienen is now flooding wide
,.,,s of its marsny banks. This
.,.,ss the northern column Of the
50 left wing from its base at
ys,irsSerg, whence :. IS now impOs-
n, 10 send re'nforccm'nJs overland
a. week ago the russians began pre's~
As Germans trrouGh Tauroggcn
y T;lsit and further north across
nss.~ ss.o,t;er on NcmCl. Some German
...ssn -, were drowned IN the Niemen.
y. l..',, nSir body had to struggle north
~ ~ ,rS westward toward the coast of
1s,,rbo Half. = shallow sea. separated
~. h'b ,be Baltic 5y q long, narrow
~ hank. beginning a dozen miles
,S,Ts Koenigsberg and ending at
gsrel. .. ordoa IN q
..-,is,e victory on Thursday evening.
y. German column, which has been
;..~,r eastward across the frontier,
..',,s,sS along the wsterSide. Eight
s.-.snd infantry from the fortress
.....5 in the trenches outside Memel
-, driven back into the streets. The
''--sndant had armed the civilian
,,,rlation with rifles from the armory
,,5 a confused mob OF soldiers and
,r;l;srs opened ire from the houses
~ bsrricsdes on the leading Russian
....,hments. which they drew outside
:, own. with some losses. Then the
,-,s;sn artillery. coming 10 close
- and using case-Shot, shellcd the
-, INTO silence. The main force
..r occupied the town and sent the
Ian populatiou outside along the
y,sriesberc sand bank. They took all
4, uniformed survivors as prisoners.
\ IS hoped that ono effect OF the
,.,.rre Of Nemel will be German free
s,,,srs in the western Suwalki prov
IL, will desist from a systematic
l-r-ing and numbering among the vii
,r,s where they are cnraged at tind-
3, no plundor The only method OF
,.smptipg the relief Of Memel seems
% Be- 70 bring ships from Dantzic.
r5sss will have 10 she'll their own town
md expose themselves TO an obvious
ri,lenge from the sea.
Tbe Germans on the southern from
,r o. Fast Prussia attempted a sur
,Tg attack in great force from
yvhiree along the Rossovo River IN
he direction Of Ostrolenka. They hur-
rai forward in broad, dense columns
hiols dawn on Friday.
Ibe Russians let them come up to
es inst line OF barbed wire. Then
,i,hine guns and d flank infantry fire
y..sd murderous volleys which de-
r,oyed the formation of attack and
ryye the head OF the column among
o. supports. The entire invasion was
i1Jen in disorder back to the frontier
aty in the afternoon, leaving thou
a,is Of dead al Przemysl. The gar
,ol poured out 10000 during Thurs
ay night, forming north and south.
Ten half the garrison made a sortie
zytEsrd and attempted TO drive off the
,sasgers. The effort was a complete
allure and the Austrians lost heavily
3 dead. More than 5000 prisoners.
rry miserably underfed, accepted
apt1re with infinite relief.
The Russians shot down an aeroplane
g Dvbitzs, midway between Przemysl
I'D Crscow. The aviator was carry