Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-03
Success Follows Campaign Of
10 Weeks Waged Against
the Great Fortress.
FIRST SIEGE 2Ol DAYS
Original Attack by Russians
Said % Have Cost the
Enemy 10000 Men.

V-aaa. Iaa- q aeia Load5ar.-
prsrm7s. .s szsla ia Nsssrias bsrfs.
srcartax f1 oneaf aarounesmsat
matte a-rr today
The great Egstra-fiussariss f9rt-
rsss as Frzsmysl situated bstWssa
Lsm6erE sat craeow ia ts~ provtsce
Of gaae.1. was rapt4rsd b. th~ Has-
s.aas as ltsrea g. last after Gee of tbs
ianFssr s.-Ers 1f mofeFn warfare %
tar l1 wergs WEtes have elapsed sfses
taaf tIra-. E1vrger. the Aastrians and
Germars have made every sTort Co Fs-
take fs= fortress. large forces bsfaE d.
vsrssd rsF f1fs purpose fror the othgr
ErT1f fortress t1 tEe west. Csarow.
RecraE dispatches fror ere Gattrfar
fr1at were chat the Ngsfr1- German
fsaops haze been successful fr their op-
STATIONS F7 tEe aorth arf the sogth-
EAST Of tsr fortress art that the forts
Erllas fae position had been taken.
Wbrn rrzTaysf fell tnto tbr hanGs %
Ba Ngssttgs be- bad gaGsrz3ue a siege
lsfteE coo DAYS. rbs Austrian gar
fls6s originally consisted 0g tT00C0
mea. af whom 10000 were allied
About Isl 600 Nastriaas surrendered
when enc fortress capttglstsst These
laciadsd ss0s oslecrs aa9 oGleiais an&
ltt000 msa.
toadan. faas AFTER a strEs %
urss weeks ere fortress % PrzeaaysI.
n GsGcis. has falleu Co tae Aastrtans
me E1ssiaes were ia sossssston a tlt-
Es over segsatg days.
IRE Nastriaas entered FrzrmVst ss
$50 a'ei5cf this morning. aftsT q harl-
merfaE wtsh heavy guns shat lasted
more rhaa Ew~atg days TIE eapltala-
Eeu of pFzsuyst uaust Be aseFtbed Co
ne eFectfVrsess % tets artillery on-
sstgEhf rEr oerupatiou % ths fort
rHss bT enc N1strtsns VIII reE9vc the
danger eF enc Russian sErFst aEainss
Crac1w
WHee fhe Russians starved out ths
&gstrtaa Esrrtson az fsrzrmYsI. an
eperag.ea wsfeh 6rounhf tsrra tnta the
iarfsuss on March e. tEFF dtt Gel
SLOWLY ana sYsfematicatlVs coeservirE
ae tvrs OF tsrtr men az raach as pos
s'aie rbr method whieG ths Austsu-
eefwaes have been emptsTtax reesns-
N ta aeceespiisb TIE sane ssd has
been eptIrriy diEcrrat. Their sxpsnGi-
tlrs pa mFe and aarlgnfsfSa has per-
AaBs euttsas suythiaE sG tsis wars uos
ever excepting th- CeFmaa r4sess tar
Calais and tHr terrible ssruEEfss sloaE
t5e Tser rtver
Esttsias % the PrzeaaYst fortress
has Been characterized D. British os-
sefvers ts 6ue of ere rsass rsnsarIsahts
tftls sf thr war tmasGistsif afssr
t5e sgrrrnder at Fee Ngssrfan zarrtsoa
ne NssstaEs bezsa q westward F,9Sa
'aouEh Gaiieia sad O. was predicted
taey wouit soen ovrrrsa both Stlrsts
and tae pLsiss % fansarv a terrific
Aastre- -esrruiaE ofreos6vs vas taaazs-
rafsd. however. the resa1f % whieh
vas t5 3Ftvr fas Rassisas bach Co tas
ssa snG t9 enable The reatsntc allies .
- enctrets Frzsmvsl ae4 attack tt
'fea tse eertk asd the seashsasss
rae strength % tss Massiaa <arrt- .
son wjta1a the fortress Ess cot 5ses I
aads tsewu ln LonGas.
aerila. tuas q wa Lont9orI News .
's1ra the Gsitctaa frass e9aesruiax tss
'stsrst o. tss Russians fsaieated teas 1
'aeT Seed sad destroyed twsuty 0r
aers crufs or wells. as veil as a agEs-
Ser ef wells from wsies aaphtha f. ds-
'Hsa astwseu uorYslaw aad Uro-
aeeyrz. vest Of strYs o. - estimated
nat ~ 900 toes % oE vas destroyed
{ ae arss have been brogxht uE9sr coz
'Tet ~ Austrian snd Gsrrsaa troops