GERMAN SLEDGEHAMMER LOSING ITS POWER.
FUTILE ONSLAUGHTS ON ALLIES' CENTRE.
PREPARING FOR THE DEFENCE OF LIEGE.
London, October 20.
The Daily Telegraph's correspondent, who visited the battlefields in Northern Franco, says that there is every indication that the German sledgehammer has lost its power. Its onslaughts are futile against the allies centre. The German avalanche in the north-eastern area is daily weakening.
Advices from Paris state that the allies fought their way forward house by house at La Bassee, and also completely defeated a series of • German efforts to break through between Peronne and Saint
Quentin.
A refugee from Liege states that the Germans are heavily fortifying Liege, repairing the forts, and cutting down the woods. They have thrown up miles of trenches and wire entanglements, and are building a Zeppelin shed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15746, 22 October 1914, Page 5
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