ROUND LIEGE
THE OPINIONS OF EXPERTS j FORTS NOT LIKELY TO WITHSTAND SIEGE GUNS. (Reeeivnd August 12, 9.25 a.m.) i LONDON, 11th August. Experts consider that the Liege forts are unlikely to withstand the »iege guns. Lord Sydeniiam (ex-Governor of Victoria, who has had considerable military experienc!) is of opinion that a tew hours' bombardment with 850-pound projectiles will reduce thorn t6 a shapeless mass. While the men in the front ranks used cutters to remove the barbed wire entanglements guarding the approach to the forts, which the othera had laid down, the forts rained grape-shot, and sharpshooters picked ths cutters off. ;
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 37, 12 August 1914, Page 7
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102ROUND LIEGE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 37, 12 August 1914, Page 7
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