The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-28
NARROWING STORY OF STRONG
 SINGLE STONE TURNED"
RATIONS BROUGHT DEATH
Heavy Penalties Provided For Eating Double Ration in Single Day Was Not Sufficient to Keep Starved Soldiers From Eating.

Berlin, March 27. via London A striking story of the last days of the Austrian stronghold of Przemysl has been sent by the correspondent of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger at Aus trian press headquarters. who ob- taned his information from an Aus trian aviator lieutenant named Sanger.
 The lieutenant and pilot captain, Lehman. were the only aviators who left the Przemysl fortress on the last day of its resistance, who have as yet reported to the Austrian authori- ties According to Lieut.. Stanger the Russians at first had six reserve di- visions around the fort. Later this force was reduced to four divisions, but subsequently it received some re- Inducements.
 Troops from a division of Hunga- rian reserve militia, known as the Honved, undertook the first sortie from the fortress December II. They reached Birea, half way to Sanok, Another Austrian division worked it's way toward this place from the Car patnians. and the two divisions were near each other when they were com peiled to return by strong gather ing of Russian troops.
 As early as December the rations of the defenders grew scarce and the allotments were cut down They vir- tually gave out March IS. Bread had long since been unknown. Horse meat and rice lasted the longest.
 The condition of the defenders was in every way precarious. Two hun dred died a day during the last few days of the siege, and there were no fewer than 28,000 men in the hos- pital, It was consequently decided March IS to make a final attempt to break through the Russian line but the attempt was doomed to failure before it was undertaken. , Each soldier received two cans of preserved meat, the Gast of the rati0ns remaining on hand AL the same time he was forbidden under severe penalties to use both these cans on the first day The men wno violated this order, and there were many, suffered for the reason that their weakened stomachs were un- able to digest this unwonted amount of food
 The Honveds and some older troops sallied out on this last expedi- ton singing, but the flesh was weak. CT than the spirit It took them seven hours to march seven kilometers tfour miles) and many exhausted msn were left along the way
 The Russians had plenty of time 10 prepare for the meeting with these hungry and weary soldiers. The ex- petition fought bravely, but it was forced to retreat at 10 o'clock in the morning. It had to return a distance of l6 kilometers (l0 miles) before t reached the protection of the forts. Nevertheless the Honveds came back singing, as they had gone out.
 The Russians who saw the condi- tion of the captives made by them how desperate was the plight of the garrison, made an effort to take at least one of the Austrian forts. Ia the beginning they had only old can non, but latterlyN they had been sup piled with modern pieces of artillery They began their bombardment the night of March 20. only q few hours after the exhausted members of the expeditionary force mad returned to the forts
 The attack against the east front followed. but 1t was repulsed with sanguinary resistance. The com mandant decided that the fortress must be held until o'clock in the morning of March 22
 Preparations were made to destroy the notifications and the artillery. Fuses were so scarce that lengths burning only three minutes had to be used to set off the charges. Some of these contained as much as 1,550 kilograms (oYer 5000 pounds) of ex- plosives.
 Four balloons with ten men and