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Show I iSl SECURES I KEY J AUSTRIA H PRZEMYSL SURRENDERS AFTER DEFENSE 3INCE EARLY k DAYS OF WAR. BJ Expected That Moral Effect Upon Rueola Will Bo Great, Awaken-Bfl Awaken-Bfl Hopes of Turning Point Bfl In Campaign. H " Potrogrnd. Russia has Bccurcil tho Bfl 'key to Austria." Tho Przcmysl gnr. Bfl rlson, which capitulated to tho Russian Bl army on Monday, surrendered without a light. Tho hoisting of tho whlto flag BJ ovor this fortress, which was euld to Bfl ho on tho point of Biirronder on a mini-Bfl mini-Bfl bor of occasions, caused llttlo sun BJ prise, an It was generally known that fll it was in a terribly weakened condt Bfl Hon, without food or ammunition, nnd Bfl Its endurance- waB only a question of Bfl days. B War offlco advices report that nlno Bfl Austrian gonerals wero taken, moro Bfl than 300 offlcors and 00,000 men. Bfl TJio Russian general, commanding Bfl tlio Investing army has been decorat- BB. od with St. Gcorgo's cross, Bfl A heavy snowstorm failed to check Bfl tho enthusiastic domonstrations in fll which tlio civil nnd military popula- BB tiona united when tho fall of Przcmysl BB'' was announced. Tho crowds, Jloun Bfl derlng In deep drifts, -which tied up Bfl Btreet traffic, chcored tho officers and Bfl soldiers, who remained to participate Bfl in tho celebration. Bfl From tho Kazan cathedral, tho Bfl strains of tlio national anthem swelled Bfl In volumo as tho crowd gathered, and Bfl from othor points throughout tho city, Bfl myatoriously hidden behind tho denso Bfl curtain of falling snow, music burnt Bfl forth and added to tho general spirit Bfl of enthusiasm. Bfl Tho moral effoct of tlio victory on Bfl Hussla, it 1s expected, will ho very Bfl great, awakening hopes tiiat this will BL bo tho turning point in Gallcian and BB Carpathian campaign. |