Show RUSSIA SECURES EY TO A AUSTRIA ll 11 1 9 TRIA surrenders AFTER DEFENSE SINCE EARLY DAYS OF WAR expected that moral effect upon RUSSIA will oe be great awaken hope hopes of turning point in campaign russia has secured the key to austria the przemysla garrison which capitulated to the russian army on monday surrendered without a light the hoisting of the blitte hag flag over this for fortress trens which aich was as eald said to be on tho the point of 0 so surrender ender on a a number of occasions caused little surprise ae as it U was generally known that it was in a terribly weakened condition without it hout food or ammunition and its endurance was only a qu question lon of days war office addies report that nine austrian ge genor noralF alc were taken more than officers and men the tho russian general commanding comman dink tho the investing arm has been decorated with st georges cross A heavy snowstorm failed to check the enthusiastic demonstrations in which the civil and military populations united ahen the fall of 0 przemysla ysl was announced tho crowds floundering la in deep drifts which tied up street traffic cheered the officers and soldiers who remained to in the celebration from the kazan cathedral jhb strains of the national anthem swelled in volume as the crowd gathered and from other points throughout the tho city mysteriously hidden behind the dense curtain of falling snow music burst forth and added to the general spirit of enthusiasm the moral effect of the victory on russia it is expected will be very great awakening hopes that this will be the turning point in galician and carpathian campaign |