I am confident that this is the only
means by which great results can be obtained with a minimum of loss.
ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR.
SIDNEY LOW, in The London Times.
Through the long years of peril and of strife,
He faced Death oft, and Death forbore to slay,
Reserving for its sacrificial Day,
The garnered treasure of his full-crowned life;
So saved him till the furrowed soil was rife,
With the rich tillage of our noblest dead;
Then reaped the offering of his honored head,
In that red field of harvest, where he died,
With the embattled legions at his side.
The Surrender of Przemysl
How Galicia's Strong Fortress Yielded to the Russian Siege
The Austrian fortress of Przemysl fell on March 22, 1915,
after an investment and siege which lasted, with one short
interruption, for nearly four months. This important event was
celebrated by a Te Deum of thanksgiving in the presence of the
Czar and the General Staff. The importance to the Russians of
the capitulation of Przemysl is suggested by the fact that
about 120,000 prisoners were reported taken when the Austrians
yielded. Until this was effected the Russians could not
venture upon a serious invasion of Hungary, and the investing
troops who were then freed were more numerous than the
defenders.
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