AMONG THE WOUNDED.
GERMANS SHOOTING LOW.
BELGIANS QUICKLY RECOVER.
WORK IN' THE HOSPITALS.
(Ikceived August IC. 5.5 p.m.) Brussels, August 15. A British doctor who has visited the hospitals found that very many Belgians had been wounded in the legs, while many of the patients had simply collapsed from sheer exhaustion. The latter soon recover, and evince the keenest desire to return to arms. German prisoners explain thai they were ordered to fire low, presumably because a man hit in the leg is immediately hors de combat. Nevertheless, flesh wounds in the calf or thigh heal quickly. Many of the wounded Belgians are already recovering. The majority of the German patients have been wounded in the body. The Belgian doctors are working splendidly, but the surgical work at Liege is hindered by a lack of chloroform.;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15689, 17 August 1914, Page 6
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