New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-03
SNienna Denies Italian Reports of Steady Prog.
ress in Austria British Submarine Tor n
pedoes German Transport. .
>TWO ITALIAN TORPEDO BOATS
PENETRATE GULF OF TRIESTE

Damage an Austrian CruiserKine
Of Italy Offers Services AS Inter
8 me6liary to Settle Questions which
Have Arisen Over boundary Lines
Between Russia and Rumania.
Przen.y sl has been reclaimed by
Austria. Ofhcial announcements was
made at Vienna that the great Cali
clan fortress. won by the Russians
ten weeks ago after long struggle,
hads been recaptured.
81 With Przenysl in their hands, the
Austianssand Germans have concluded
The first phase of their new Galician
campaign which was launched in
II tho drive from Cracow. While the
fall Of Przemysl has not been con-
eeded at Petrograd,; SO far as cable
*aeivices show. the latest official state
naent from the Russian Office admitted
that the besiegers sof the fortress had
on some successes, including the
cRpture of two outlying forts to the
north. Dispatches from the Austrian
front to Vienna Indicate that the
attacking forces relied largely on their
Heavy guns, which they have used
Eedfectfvely ali through their advance
across Gaiicia These dispatches say
: the Russians had removed men and
EsuppHes from Pryzemysl in anticipa-
8tion GIFTS fall, and that they con-
sihered It not Improbable they would
lose Lenaberg as well.
Offers to be intermediary.
RuInania and Russia apparently
j hASR been unable to compose their
diffsEences concerning an adjustment
of The Rpnnanian boundary lines. Ru-
manfass entrance in the war is saiH
unqf1cially to be conditioned on
I slieh an agreement. A Milan des-
patch states that King Victor Emnlan-
Vel Has offered his services as inter
mediaryN between these nations.
! ITALIAN reports OF steady progress in
the Invasion of Austria are disputed
at Vienna. The Austrian war Office
aiil1uttnces that italian offensive oper-
ATOMS have been unsuccessful, and
fn0t no material damage has been
SdH1e by the Italian artillery.
eranan transport Torpedocd.
fntal announce cement was made in
Ion today that British submarine
torpedoed a large German trans
i'm the Sea Of Marin ora. This
4arine Is said to be one Of several
ich have made their way through
}hA DardancIIes and are now opera i
ting IN the Sea Of Marmora.
An exploit Of two Italian torpedo
bats in penetrating the Gulf of
fIeste described in despatch from
eneva The torpedo boats are said
<o h6Ve sunk two merchant vessels
Rfld DANA ged an Austian cruiser
fAk1her violent infantry fighting oc-
curfM yesterday in the contested re-
gion near Lorette. The French war
qflee states that no advantage was
on BY either side in this engagement
Except for slight progress for the
allies in the maze of trench. works
banned The Labyrintl1e,. the situa-
ticn along the western front is un-
ehanked.
S9n Marine Enters War.
ne little Republic Of San Marine.
han area of % square miles, which
sNfrounded ~ Italian territory has
ppreVed Italy's attitude toward Aus
ia and declared itself to be in q
state Of war. The chief Importance
tJ1s decision lies IN the fact that it
Eill deprive Austria of the opportun-
y which might otherwie have exist
Of using San Marine as place Of
sfuEe for its MISUNDERSTANDING at
elksson italy. NJ.
FrzemysI in Austrian Hands.
Nienna, June 8, via London 2.13
nfs-Przenysl is again In ustrian
ands.1 aceording to official announce
tent made here today.
The great Austro- Hungarian fort
ss G. Przemysl, situated between
ernbN and Cracow in the Province
Gaicia, was captured In the
assians on March % last after one
the longest sieges of modern war
Fe. In the ten weeks that have
8pSAa since that time, however,
XuEtrians and Germans have made
sry effort to retake the fortress,
BE forces being diverted for that
rpose from the other great fortress
the west, Cracow. Recent des-
atches from the Galician front were
tvk effect that the Austro-German
pops had been SUCCESSFUL in their
erations to the north and the south
II of the fortress and that the forts
ding the position had been taken.
When Przemysl fell into the hands
the Russians it had undergone a
ge lasting 201 days The Austrian
rrison originally consisted of 17O,-
men, Of whom 40, 900 were killed.
nut 10000 Austrians surrendered
Hn the fortress capitulated. These
yoptinned on Eleventh Page.)