Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-06-11
AUSTR0-GERMANS
OCCUPY PRzEMYSL
TEUToMIc ALLIES SKATER De.
FENCES WITH MONSTER q.
cENTiMETER GUNS,
Way TO WARSAW RE0PENED
Capture Of Great Gaiician Fortress
Gives Mackensen Control Of Rail-.
way-Makes Sudden coneen.
tration Possible.

London. juno 7.-With the fall Of
Przemysl, although this does not ap-
pear to be the limit Of their effort
against the Russians in Galicia, the
Germans have again turned their at
tention to the western front and stimuli.
taneousiy with the news Of the arrival
Of German re-enforcements in Flanders
and the province Of Artois, France,
come official reports Of their attacks
upon positions recently captured by
the British and French.
They have succeeded in recovering
some trenches taken by the British
northeast Of civenchy, and have storm
ed the chateau in the village Of Hooge,
part Of which the British still hold al.
though for a time the British were
compelled to evaeuate the building
which they had captured.
Vienna, via Berlin wireless, June 4.
-Przemysl fell before the triumphant
armies Of General Mackensen at $3.50
a. m. after three weeks siege.
Many prisoners, cannon and mach
inc guns and large supplies of food and
war munitions were captured by the
Austro-German armies. The main
body of the Russian army is reported
to be retreating in disorder eastward
along the railway to Lemberg.
A terrific bombardment by Austrian
and German howitzers and AZ cent?
metre guns broke the northern forts
to pieces. Large bodies of Austro-
German troops rushed into the gaps,
driving the enemy back through the
town. German cavalry is harrassing
the Slavs who are retiring upon en-
trenchments in the vicinity of Moscis.
ka.
Gives Control Of Railway.
Capture Of the great Galician fort
ress gives Mackensen undispted con-
troll of the Jaroslau-P rzemysl railway
for forty miles to a point south of
Przemsyl. The railway enables the
Austro-Germ suddenly 70 concen-
trate for heavy smashes at the Rus
slams in the direction of Lemberg.
The war Office had no estimate of
the losses on either side. 1t was ad-
mitted that Mackensen's forces lost
heavily in attacking the outer forts,
but the enemy's losses are reported to
be appalling.
Object Of Three Sieges.
London, June 4.-Three separate
sieges of Przemysl have made the
Galcian fortress one of the most mem.
orable centers Of the European war.
The Russians first swept down upon
Przemysl early in the war and on Sep.
TENDER 16 opened their artillery attack
upon the outer forts. For several
weeks Russian howitzers pounded
away with little result upon the outer
Notifications. Then achievements
reached the Austrian garrison and the
Russians were forced to move off to
the north.
Before the last of October the Rus
SLAMS were again pressing down upon
the gates of Przemysl. But in the pc
riod of Austrian occupancy the city
had been we'll stocked with ammuni
ton and food and was prepared to re
sist long siege. A Russian army
variously estimated at from 1875, 900 tc
100000, settled down for siege Of
the fortress and encircled it with 8
ring Of iron, while other Russian
forces pressed the Austro German ar
mics southwark to the Carpathians.