In the Russian war theatre the German troops last night stormed the last positions on the north front of Przemysl and entered the town at 3:30 o'clock this morning from the north.
Our Tenth Corps entered the town from the west and south and reached the centre of the town soon after 6 o'clock.
The importance of this success cannot yet be estimated.
The attack of the allied troops in the sector north of Stry is making successful progress.
Following is the Berlin official announcement of the fall of Przemysl, dated June 3:
The fortified town of Przemysl was taken by us early this morning, after the fortifications on the northern front, which still held out, had been stormed during the night. The amount of booty taken has not yet been ascertained.
PETROGRAD ADMITS DEFEAT.
PETROGRAD, June 3.—Petrograd admits the loss of the fortress in the following official bulletin:
As Przemysl, in view of the state of its artillery and its works, which were destroyed by the Austrians before their capitulation, was recognized as incapable of defending itself, its maintenance in our hands only served our purpose until such time as our possession of positions surrounding the town on the northwest facilitated our operations on the San.
The enemy having captured Jaroslau and Radymno and begun to spread along the right bank of the river, the maintenance of these positions forced our troops to fight on an unequal and very difficult front, increasing it by thirty-five versts, (about twenty-four miles,) and subjecting the troops occupying these positions to the concentrated fire of the enemy's numerous guns.