Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-25
.PRZEMYSL RELIEF
KEEPS RUSS BUSY
Task of Putting Fortress in Order
and Feeding Starving May De-
lay Advance Into Hungary.
WESTERN ARENA IS STILL QUIET


LONDON. March 24.--The magni-
tude of the surrender Of Przemysl
and speculation as to how quickly tile
Russians will be able to press the ad-
vantages derived therefrom in an ad-
vance to Hungary and Silesia cont,n-
ued to be the chief topics of discus
sion in the war news today
The Russians are putting the
fortress in order They are sending
the prisoners to the rear, feeding the
starving populace and tending the
sick and wounded. AS the task is an
enormous one 1t is presumed that
Russia for some time will not be able
to divert it's strength elsewhere. 1t
is estimated the Russians had six
army corps around Przemysl.
official reports disclose that nothing Of
Importance has occurred in the western
arena OF the war. but unofficial dis
patches from Rotterdam and Amsterdam
say that another German offensive on tho
western front is impending.
Fighting In CarpatnInns.
stubborn fighting in the Carpathians is
going on undated. At the northern ex-
tremity of the eastern lines the Russians
admit they have been thrown back froIR
the East Prussian port of Memel and they
characterize their advance to this point
as merely reconnaissance. Futher TO
the south the Russians claim that the
German attempts to take Ossowetz are
weakening, a majority of the big German
guns having been withdrawn.
The strength of the latest Turkish adj
vance to the Suez canal Is so negligible,
according to dispatches reaching Lon
don. that British observers find IL hard
to believe that the forcing of a passage
over this waterway has been seriously
considered. The British theory is that
the Turks. under German officers, are
being led on these expeditions to keep the
British troops on the alert to prevent the
withdrawal of any forces and to harass
the British contingent as much as pos
sible. while really never contemplating an
invasion OF Egypt
Germans Abandon Siege of OssOwet1
Official announcement has been made
in Petrograd, says the correspondent of
Reuters Telegram company that tho
Germans since Sunday have removed all
but four of their heavy batteries from
before Ossowetz The Russian statement
adds
"A couple OF 42-centimetcr howitzers
we're abandoned after the first battle,
one of which was damaged by our fire
Shots from the howitzers failed to crush
in artillery fire was distinctly on our side
Not only was the German attack far from
cndangering the Osswetz forts, but the
enemy failed to dislodge our infantry
from it's works.
I'm an Austrian attack on the 18th on
the front IN the vicinity of Ropitza the
enemy opened hurricane fire with ~
inch howitzers, under cover OF which
twenty enemy battalions at 1 o clock in
the morning attacked our forces, which
were I'm greatly inferior strength. Our
infantry opened fire with extremely care
ful aim at the enemy, who. supported by
reserves, appeared to within 200 PAGES Of
our trenches. His reserves were exhausted
leaving the area covered with his killed
and wounded"
BeIEinns Advance Along User.
PARIS CVia London, March 8.-The
following account of yesterdays events
at the front was given out this afternoon
at the war office:
"A division of the Belgian army has
made progress on the right bank of the
trench on the left bank.
AT Hartmanns-Weilerkop we cap
tured the first line of trenches referred
to in the preceding communication; like
wise a second line.
ION this section of the front our troops