Germany
NEW TRENCH MORTARS. MUDBATHS INSTEAD OF WtiUNflS Times and Sydney Sun Seevioeb. (Received 8.0 a.m.) ; , London, November 12. The new German trench mortars, instead of decimating the Allies, buried the shells in deep holes, giving the soldiers mudhaths and wounding none. GERMAN CEREAL REPORT AND “MINE’S Times and Sydney Sun Sib vices. (Received 8.0 a.m.) • London, November 12. . The German agricultural report shows that wheat has risen 29 per cent, rye 30, oats 26,' and flour 50, compared to August. Another source states that the barley stocks are diminishing rapidly, and that the Government is hesitating to reduce supplies to the brewers because the shortage of beer would dishearten the population. GENERAL. London, November 11. Amsterdam papers state that General Von Kluck was taken to task by the Kaiser for his strategy in Flanders, and also subjected to aevefe criticism in military circles. Copenhagen, November 11. It is stated that the German official list gives the casualties at 509,000, mainly in September, there being only a few in October.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 66, 13 November 1914, Page 5
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