BOUND LIEGE
THE OPINIONS OP EXPERTS. FORTS NOT LIKELY TO WITHSTAND SIEGE GUNS. LONDON, August 11. Experts consider that the Liege forts are unlikely to withstand the siege guns. Lord Sydenham (es-Governor of Victoria, who has had considerable military experience) is of opinion that a few hours’ bombardment with 850pound projectiles will reduce them to a shapeless mass. While tho men in the front ranks used cutters to remove the barbed wire entanglements guarding the approach to the forts, which tho others had laid down, the forts rained grape-shot, and sharpshooters picked the flutters off.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19140813.2.25.28
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 13 August 1914, Page 5
Word Count
95BOUND LIEGE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8810, 13 August 1914, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in