Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-25
Captured Austrian Fortress
of Przemysl Is Being
Put in Good Order
PRISONERS TAKEN
TO THE INTERIOR
Garrison IS Cheered By It's
Conquerors as 1t Lays
Down It's Weapons

London. March 24.-The magnitude
Of the surrender of Przemysl and spec,
ulation as to how quickly the Russians
will be able to press the advantages
derived therefrom in an advance to
Hungary and Silesia continued to be
the chief topics of discussion in the
war news today
The Russians are putting the fort
ress in order. They are sending the
prisoners to the rear; feeding the
starving populace and tending the sick
and wounded. The task Is an enorm-
Gus one, and so it is presumed that
Russia for some time will not be able
to divert elsewhere her strength which
for so long has been engaged In the
front of this stronghold. These men
are estimated at six army corps.
Official reports disclose that nothing
of importance has occurred In the
western arena of the war, but un-
official dispatches from Rotterdam and
Amsterdam say that another German
offensive on the western front Is I'M
pending.
Stubborn fighting in the Carpathians
is going on unabated. At the northern
extremity of the eastern line the Rus
slams admit they have been thrown
back from the East Prussian port OF
Memel, and they characterize their ad-
vance to this point as merely recon
naissance. Further to the south the
Russians claim that the German at
tempts to take Ossowetz are weaken
ing, a majority of the big German guns
having been withdrawn.
The strength of the latest Turkish
advance to the suez canal is SO negli-
gible, according to dispatches reaching
London, that British observers flnd IT
hard to believe that the forcing OF
passage over this waterway has been
seriously considered. The British
theory is that the Turks, under Ger
man officers, are being LED on these
expeditions to keep the British troops
on the alert, to prevent the with
drawal Of any forces and to harass
the British contingents as much as
possible, while never contemplating an
invasion of Egypt.
Garrison is Cheered.
Geneva, March PA summary OF
what purports to be the conditions on
which the Austrian garrison at Prz-
emysl offered to surrender to the Rus
SLAMS is printed by the Tribune. The
following stipulations are said to have
been made:
First, full honors of war for the
garrison.
Second, special treatment for the
prisoners providing that officers shall
be paroled and that none of the troops
shall be sent to Siberia.
Third, the right to transport TO
Austria those killed and wounded dur
Ing recent attacks.
Fourth, complete liberty for the
civil population with the right to leave
o. stay in the city.
"The defenders of the fortress
marched out of the city to the Russian
Headquarters with colors flying says
the Tribune in it's account OF the sur
render.
"The Austrian governor surrendered
his sword to the Russian commander
while thousands of Austrian troops pill
ed their arms and ammunition in front
of the Russian regiments drawn up In
line. The Muscovite troops cheered
the unarmed Austrians after their
last parade.
''The fall of Przemysl has made
profound impression in Hungary as
the flower of the Hungarian infantry
was included among the defenders of
the city, which was considered i'm
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