Namur Invested
NUMBER OF INHABITANTS KILLED.
(Received 10.50 a.m.) Os tend, August 27
Au officer from Namur states that the forts are holding out, with the exception of IVlarohoreletto and Cognella.
Tlia Belgians fought without assistance for two days previous to the arrival of French reinforcements. Thera was a large force of Germans before Namur, and the Belgians retreated southwards. The Germans occupy the towa. A large uuEh!«*r of the inhabitants were killed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 9, 28 August 1914, Page 5
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