LATE WAR NEWS
THE GERMANS RETREAT. HESITATE TO GIVE BATTLE. (Received 13, 3.0 p.m.) Brussels, Aug. 12. The War Office announces the retreating movement which the Ger-• mans commenced yesterday has be-' come more pronounced- rt seems that the chief of the staff is hesitating to give battle. A FRENCH VICTORY. GERMAN GUNS CAPTURED. Paris, Aug. 12. It is officially announced that artillery fire destroyed the German battery near Sproncourt. We captured three guns and three Maxims. MAIN LINE OF ATTACK. BULK OF GERMAN ARMY LOCATED. (Received 13, 2.50 p.m.) London, Aug. 12. The official Press Bureau states that of twenty-six German army corps, the bulk have been definitely located, and it is evident that the mass is concentrated between Liege and Luxemburg. AUSTRALASIAN BILLS. BANKS RESUME PURCHASE. (Received 13, 2.25 p.m.) London, Aug. 12. The Australian Associated Banks are resuming, at discretion, the purchase of bills on Australasia §t the following discount rates: Sight £.l, 30 days 3, 60 days 3?,, and 90 dais 4 per cent. FIRING LINE PREFERRED. .(Received 13, 2.40 p.m.) London, Aug. 12. Colonel Whitaker, defendant in the canteen case, has volunteered for active service and has asked to be released for that purpose. BOXING CLOSED DOWN, Christchurch, Aug. 13. Because of the war the New Zealand Boxing Council has decided not to send a team to Brisbane to compete in the Australasian championships.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 204, 13 August 1914, Page 6
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