The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-31
fort PUT IN ORDER
RUSSIANS ASSUME NEW DUTIES
AT PRZEMYSL
feed STARVING PEOPLE
Berlin on Wednesday Reports Flight
Of Russian Soldiers - From East
Prussia-Petrograd Says Artillery
of Germans Has Failed Against Os-
SoHetZ.

London reports Wednesday,: The
real significance of the surrender Of
Przemysl and speculation as to how
quickly the Russians will be able to
press the resulting advantages in an
advance to Hungary and Silesia con-
tinued to be the chief topics Of mill
tary discussion to-day.
The Russians are putting the for
tress in order. They are sending tue
prisoners to the rear, feeding the
starving populace and tending the
sick and wounded. The task is an
enormous 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 front of this stronghold. These
men are estimated at six army corps.
OGcial reports disclose nothing
new of Importance In the west, but
unofficial dispatches from Rotterdam
and Amsterdam say another German
offensive on the western front is I'M
pending.
Stubborn fighting continues in the
Carpathians. In the north the Rus
slams admit they have been thrown
back from the East Prussian port OF
Memel and they characterize their
advance to this point as merely a
reconnaissance. Further 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guns having been withdrawn.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 reach.
| ing London, that British observers
| find it hard to believe the forcing OF
a passage over this waterway has
been seriously considered.
The British theory is that ths
Turks, under German officers, are be-
ing led on these expeditions to keel
| the British troops on the alert, to pre-
vent Withdrawal OF any forces, and tt
harass the British contingents as
much as possible while never really
contemplating an invasion Of Egypt
Berlin reports Wednesday: "Ger
man troops are pursuing the retreat
| ing Russians northward Of Memel
East Prussia. They captured neal
Polangen 500 Russians and tool
| three guns and three rapid hrers
Quantities of cattle, horses and good:
were stolen by the Russians. Neal
Laugszargen, southwest Of Taurog
gen and northeast Of Mariampool
Russian attacks were repulsed witt
heavy losses for the enemy. North
west Of Ostrolenka several Russian
attacks failed. Here we captured 2(
| officers, more than $500 men and fvt
| machine guns. Eastward Of Plocl
several charges Of the enemy failed
London says Wednesday that Of
Ncial announcement has. been made
u Petrograd, says Reuters CORE
spondent, that the Germans since
| Sunday have removed ali but four O.
their heavy batteries from before Os
sowetz. The Russian statement adds
"a couple Of 40 centimeter howit
zers were abandoned after the frs
battle, one Of which was damaged b!
our fire. Shots from the howitzer'
failed to crush the masonry. Of th'
fortress. Superiority in artillery .frt
was distinctly on our side. Not onl!
was the German attack far from en-
dangering the Ossowetz forts, but the
enemy failed to dislodge our infantr!
from it's field works.
"In the Austrian attack on thu
18th on the front in the vicinity o.
Ropitza the enemy opened hurri
| cane fire with 12-inch howitzers un
der cover of which 20 enemy battal
ions, at 4 o'clock in the morning at
tackled our forces which were II
greatly inferior strength. Our infan
try opened fire with extremely careful
aim at the enemy who, supported b!
reserves, approached to within q
PAGES Of our trenches. His reserve:
were exhausted at 9 o'clock and the
enemy withdrew, leaving the ares
covered with his killed and wound
ed"