The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-24
war SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS A.
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, March Especial:
The Austrian war office admits that
the Galician fortress of Przemysl,
which so long had held out against
the Russian b%esiegers. at last has
been forced, through a shortage of
food to capitulate. 1t was not, how
ever, without a last gallant attempt
at a sortie that the garrison surren-
dered.
With only three days rations left
the Austrians ~endeavored to break
through the besieging lines of Rus
slams, but after a seven hours battle
they were compelled, under the with
ering gun fire of their numerically
stronger foe, to retreat behind the
line of forts.
Three days later, having destroyed
the Notifications, blown up the guns
and burned up the ammunition, the
Austrians hoisted the white flag of
surrender. Vienna says the fortress
for a long time has faced a condition
of famine.
In the fall of Przemysl Petrograd
asserts that the Russians took nine
generals, 800 commanding Officers
and $4,000 men. The Russians now,
it is said, anticipate moving toward
Austria's only remaining strong fort
resses in Galicia, Cracow. The fall
of Cracow would bring the Russians
a step nearer to Germany's rich pro-
vince of silesia.
While fighting has continued at
various points on both the eastern
and western battle lines, no great
encounters have been reported. Pet
rograd asserts thai there has been no
change in the situation from Memel,
East Prussia, to the Vistula, which is
at variance with the German claims
that Memel had been captured from
the Russians.
On the left bank of the Vistula and
in the Carpathians Petrograd reports
that German and Austrian positions
and guns have been captured and of
ficers and men made prisoners.
In the eastern theater Paris as
serts that in the vicinity of Notre
Dame de Lorette trenches taken from
the Germans are being held; that
counter attacks by the Germans at
Les Eparges have been repulsed, and
that progress has been made by the
allies in the region Of Badonviller.
The Netherlands government has
asked Berlin to explain the seizure of
two Dutch steamers and the confisca-
ton of their cargoes.
A British prize court has ordered
that American -four and wheat in
the cargoes of the steamers detained
in British ports be paid for.
A German submarine has blown up
the British steamer Concord in the
English channel.
Three German soldiers in Mulheim
Baden. have been injured by bombs
dropped by an allied aviator.
A London newspaper prints a dis
patch from Valparaiso stating that
the fact has been established that the
German cruiser Dresden was sunk by
British warships In Chilean waters.
A semioffcial communication from
Germany asserts that there are now
in that country as prisoners $4,000
enlisted men and over 5000 COM
manding officers.
Italy has stopped railway freight
traffic with Germany by way of Swift
zerland, according to a news agency
dispatch.
Sir Thomas Upton, who has just
returned to London from Serbia. re-
lates a story of the appalling condi-
lions in Serbia due to the epidemic
Of typhus. Just as it took fire to
stop the great plague in London"
Sir Thomas says. so fire is needed
to clear Serbia Of the typhus. The
infected houses and the clothing of
the people must be burned.