New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 - April-September, 1915 by Various
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TE DEUM AT HEADQUARTERS. PETROGRAD, March 22. _The following official communiqué was issued from the Main Headquarters this morning:_ The fortress of Przemysl has surrendered to our troops. At the Headquarters of the Commander in Chief a Te Deum of thanksgiving was celebrated in the presence of the Czar, the Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander in Chief, and all the staff. _The following communiqué from the Great Headquarters is issued here today:_ Northern Front.--From the Niemen to the Vistula and on the left bank of the latter river there has been no important change. Our troops advancing from Tauroggen captured, after a struggle, Laugszargen, (near the frontier of East Prussia,) where they took prisoners and seized an ammunition depot and engineers' stores. The Carpathians.--There has been furious fighting on the roads to Bartfeld (in Hungary) in the valleys of the Ondawa and Laborcz. Near the Lupkow Pass and on the left bank of the Upper San our troops have advanced successfully, forcing the way with rifle fire and with the bayonet. In the course of the day we took 2,500 prisoners, including |
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