WAITING FOR SIEGE GUNS
GERMANS SURE OF SUCCESS.
(Received August 13, 11.8 p.m.) Berlin, August 13. An official message denies that the Germans have lost 20,000 men at Liege, but it does not give any numbers. , The message declares that the forts have been left intact, aB the Kaiser did not wish to- sacrifice life unnecessarily, but the forts will be taken without the loss of a single man when the siege guns arrive.
A statement is, added, in conclusion, that the Belgians are numerically superior to the German forces.
HEAVY GUNS HARMLESS.
SHELLS BURST IN THE AIR (Received August 13, 11.5 p.m.) Paris, August 13. Reports from Liege state that the German heavy ordnance has proved
defective. The shells burst long before they touched the, ground and fell harmlessly.
On the contrary, the 75-millimetre cannon which the French are using show great precision.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15687, 14 August 1914, Page 6
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