The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Sailors Fighting on Land, Equipped with Gas Masks. 76 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Covered with mud and glory. Tired out and weary Belgians bespattered with the mud from ttieirinundated fighting ground. made on the fortress. The momentumgathered in the descent from the pass car-ried the relief army to witliin tliirt^y milesof the besieged town, l)ut here the Russianfield army, with the support of the invest-ing force, made a stand on March 14 andwon a decisive victory. The Austrianswere forced to retreat just as the P
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Sailors Fighting on Land, Equipped with Gas Masks. 76 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK. Covered with mud and glory. Tired out and weary Belgians bespattered with the mud from ttieirinundated fighting ground. made on the fortress. The momentumgathered in the descent from the pass car-ried the relief army to witliin tliirt^y milesof the besieged town, l)ut here the Russianfield army, with the support of the invest-ing force, made a stand on March 14 andwon a decisive victory. The Austrianswere forced to retreat just as the Prze-mysl garrison was making a last sortie inforce in the hope of breaking through andjoining them. This defeat sealed the fateof the fortress, which was surrenderedwith 120,000 men on March 22. Reinforced by the army of 150,000 in-vesting Przemysl, the Russians madetheir final bid for the Carpathian the first week in April the whole linein Galicia had swept forward until itreached and in some places crossed thesummit of the range. Figliting of a des-perate nature followed for three weeks,with Uszok Pass the crucial point of thebattle. In the
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