GERMANY NOT READY.
PREMATURE AGGRESSION.
SOLDIERS BADLY SHOD.
FRENCH TAKE HOSTAGES.
(R«c«ivcd August 12, 1.45 a.m.)
London, August 11.
Evidence of the unpreparedness of the German attack iB accumulating. German prisoners in Belgium state that the new boots served out to the troops cut their feet to pieces, in consequense of the high heavy boots being unsuitable for quick marching.
French doctors state that the French bullets are causing , much more serious wounds than those of the Germans.
Many stories are circulating of German cruelties to non-com-batants, but apparently they have little basis in fact, though illegal executions of French subjects have taken place.
French troops have taken seven of the most notable citizens of Montreuxvieux as hostages.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 4
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