FLEW FROM PRZEMYSL.
OFFICERS LEAVE BY AIR. WHY PROVISIONS WERE SHORT. Kuuim ins quantities of disinfectants are twin.,' f'-nt. to Pr/enivs], owing to the inEiinitarv conditio;! of the city. It is rumoured in London that prior to ♦he surrender of Przemysl ten aeroplanes t'x.k away 30 senior offices of the Austrian .•'iinn, including the generalissimo, who (aiiiej a personal report of the operations to th'? Empeiur Francis Joseph. A report from Austrian headquarters, •Vi Inch i auk' by way of Berlin and London, pt.ited that when rail communication was i.stored 'ti the middle of October it was first used to forward ammunition, w'nidi was urgently needed. Hence when the Russian steam roller was unexpectedly set |n motion, driving the Austrians from before Przemvsl. provisions had been coming ill only ten days. To force a capitulation the built a walled girdle of fortifications beyond the reach of the fortress guns.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15885, 5 April 1915, Page 7
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149FLEW FROM PRZEMYSL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15885, 5 April 1915, Page 7
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