THREATENED WITH DEATH
GOVERNOR AND BISHOP OF LIEGE. AMSTERDAM, 9th Aug., midnight. The Germans hold the Governor of the Province of Liege and the Bishop of Liege as hostages, and threaten to put them to death if the forts continue their fire. ' Refugees state the inhabitants of Liege are firing on the Germans from windows, and all caught doing 60 are instantly shot. Some railway men and 25 others were arrested at Beueau, near Vise, and accused of firing on the Germans. They were driven at the bayonet-point into the firing line before the forts. Three were killed and the rest pretended to be dead. They escaped at nightfall. "WE HOLD LIEGE FAST." LONDON, 9th August. An Amsterdam cablegram, dated 10.30 p.m., Bth August, states that the following official message has been Teceived from Berlin: — "We *hold Liege fast in our hands. The looses of the enemy ara considerable." ,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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149THREATENED WITH DEATH Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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