Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-02
Detailed Description Of Sur
render of PrzemySl Is
Given Out,
INTENSE SUFFERING
Would Not Surrender as
Long as. There Was a
Mouthful to Eat.

(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
BUDAPEST, April 24,-A full de-
scription Of the history Of the fortress
of Przemysl and its garrison has been
Issued by the Austrian general statI'
giving an account of the capture, the
suffering of the men, and details re-
lating to the provisioning of the gar
rison. The statement in part Is as
follows:
"The garrison Of the fortress held
Przemysl to the very last hour that
human force could do so in the mill
tarv sense of the word. General
Kusmanek only surrendered When
such d course was dictated by humane
and military considerations. On the
day of the surrender there was not a
single morsel of food i'm the fortress,
and no breakfast could be supplied TO
the men.
"Nothlng positive is known yet as to
the terms of surrender but presum-
ably they had to surrender uncOndi-
tionally, and Generals Kusmanek and
Tamassv (Chief of the HOnNed forces)
were taken prisoners with all the
garrison. Under them were, the
Honyed division of Nersacz, the East
Gahcian Landwehr, the Northern
Hungarian and Galician Landsturm,
the Hungarian artillery division, and
the first artillery detachment of the
First Austrian Landsturm artillery
Fortress surrounded.
Events have developed around
Przemysl more quickly than was eX-
pected During the last sortie it was
ascertained that the Russians had
built counter r-fortifications all around
the fortress even in the direction OF
their own territory, preparing for all
cVeutualitiCS. In fact, the russians
built q new fortress all around the
bosieged territory. The fortifications
were so constructed as to constitute
an impenetrable obstacle to inward
attacks, just the counter-fOrm of the
fOrtifications and defensive works of
the fortress itself The Russian ring
was constructed exclusively against
Przemysl with unparalleled skill and
rapidity and with all available means
of modern technique.
con the west a well Mortified de-
Tending line and on the south a large
Russian army stood in the way OF
any attempt to relieve PrZemysl. In
addition the roads leading towards
Russia were well fortified, as the last
sortie proved. This was the military
situation Of the fortress during the
last weeks.
"The last sortie was directed to-
wards the east, and was undertaken,
not with the view of effccting the re-
lief Of the fortress but to find out if
the surrounding Russian force was as
strong towards Grodek and Lenders
as i'm the ether directions, and whether
the Russians had fortified their posi-
tions i'm the Grodek direction as well
as to the south and west Of the
fortress
Railways Blown Up.
with regard to provisions the
fortress was well supplied at the out
set, but the stores were consumed al
the time of the first investment
which lasted until October II. on that
date the fortress was relieved. and
General Borvevich entered the fortress
with his army. The railway lines had
been blown up by the retreating Rus
slams. on the Galician roads It was
impossible to transport anything al
that time and this fact obliged us tC
provision the army fighting to the
east Of PrZemysl from the stores OF
the fortress, the army being cut of
from all other points of supply.
1T was thus necessary to draw pro
visions from the ample stores OF
Przemysl in the hope that as soon as
the railway line was reconstructed the
stores could be replaced The rail
way line was reconstructed, and or
October % the first trains began tC
move towards the fortress.
at the end Of ten days, however
and before the deficiencies could b.