This Week’s War: 34

After 18 weeks siege by the Russians Przemysl has surrendered. The garrison was marched out. The capture of this stronghold is reckoned to be a great strategic gain for the Russians. [Glasier Papers GP/2/1/22].

 

23 March 1915. Diary entry by John Bruce Glasier (1859-1920), Socialist and pacifist. This week’s war: 34.

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