The reports of the fall of Przemysl to the Germans
provide some interesting details. In the early hours of Thursday week the Germans broke through on the north and entered the town. The 10th Austrian Corps then advanced from the west and south and occupied the principal streets. The forts which the Austrians had destroyed before they surrendered the town to the Russians on March 22nd bad not, of course, been restored, and they could not withstand the fire of the German Leavy howitzers. The Russians had foreseen the imminent fall of the place when the intense German attack developed on the north. They had wisely withdrawn as many troops as possible, having no thoughts of standing a siege or letting troops be captured. Przemysl, in fact, formed a dangerous salient in the line of the Russians, and since the Germans had succeeded in advancing so far it was much better to abandon the town. The Russians were too sensible to be ensnared by the false magic of the title of " fortress."
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