The Green Forest tribune., 1915-03-26
PRzEMySL FOR1
 FALLS ID RUS9|
GAllClAN STRONGHOLD IS c..i TURED AFTER SIX MONTHS" ~"
 CONTINUOUS ASSAULTS,
CAPTURE MOST iMPoR1ur
Victory By Czar's Men Has o,... the Way to Germany and
 Hungary.

London.-The long investmost the mid-Galician fortress of Przen. has ended. Depleted by disease ., sisting on horse flesh and surround. by a superior force of Russians x garrison has surrendered to tbs L s1eglng army after a defense las,, many months, which, up to the m, ent, is recorded as Austria's most mn worthy contribution to the war
 PetroGrad, London and Paris :, celebrating the event-petms, and Paris in the spontaneous m, ner characteristic of these cBs London with silent and grim satjsb, tion, which is the Briton's way
 The newspapers assert that the h Of the fortress marks the most imu, ant capturea of the war, not accenth, Antwerp, in that 1t not only reea,. considerable Russian forces which r, be thrown into the struggle in the Gu rathians, but opens the door to cn COW and the plains of Hungary,
 Expect Good Moral Effect
 It is argued. moreover, that the nu al effect of the surrender will be tn mendous, the theory of the allies bsu that 1t will stimulate feeling in hs favor both in Roumania and Bugsdl just as the operations in the Da,b| nelles are causing an agitation N Greece and Italy.
 Przemysl fell with honor, the BrHS| press comedies, for it withstood b| onslaughts longer than any place drI ing the war, the investment haTI begun about September Is, somehh more than six months ago.
 The duration of the siege compa with the length of time 1t took a Germans to capture such stronghSa as Liege, Namur and Antwerp was d to two causes, one being the desin the Russians to keep the loss of N among the besieging army at a nb mum; the other to the lack of gs guns, which the Germans had in M gium.
 Besiegers Kept at Distance.
 The investment was not close m The garrison held up until recently radius of about 12 miles in which move about, and some dispatches d or shooting expedition indulged in the officers of the garrison. An aa plane post mas maintained almost to the last, and it is said that H1 some scanty food supplies were rIed in this way.
 The Przemysl garrison was ests ed at S0,000 men last September, last week it was reported that t N diminished to 25,O0O. There have b recurrent reports of cholera and oa diseases, but these reports were vague as many of the premature ports regarding it's surrender
 Petrograd sends the following the fall of the Galician stronghold
 The Przemysl garrison, which p1tulated to the Russian army, rendered without fight. The M ing of the white flag over the fots which was said to be on the point surrender on number of occasa caused little surprise, as it was g@f ally known that it was in tenn weakened condition, without food ammunition, and that its endur was only question of days.
 War Office advices report thatn Austrian generals were taken, IN than 300 officers and 50,O00 men
 The Russian general comma1a the investing army has been decon' with St. Georges cross.
 Snow Fails to Check Joy.
 "A heavy snowstorm failed to 0' the enthusiastic demonstrations which the civil and military pp' lions united when the fall of Prse& was announced. The crowds floup' ing in deep drifts, which tied up~ traffic, cheered the officers anu diers, who remained to particlpaa the celebrations.
 From the KaZan cathedr@ strains of the national anthem s6' In volume as the crowd gathera from other points throughout tho mysteriously hidden behind the curtain of falling snow, music forth and added to the genera or enthusiasm. The moral eh'y the victory on Russia, 1t is eSpa will be very great, awakening that this will be the turning PD the Galician and Carpathlan paign."
 Austrian Statement
 The following official comnp tion has been issued from VisnD
 After four months inTev Przemysl has honorably fallen commander has received an ov leave the fortress to the nmy days bcause at the moment ol even with the greatest econom!, 1ood rations, resistance cop' maintained for three days only
 Tt proved possible to efe0 timely destruction of the forfs gether with it's guns and amlnw as VII as the outer fortifications