FIGHTING ROUND LIEGE.
NEEDLESS 'SACRIFICE OF LIFE
\\. ■ ■ BRUSSELS August 12. ' . ' The reason given 'Try General Yon "-' - Steiny commander M th© army of:inva- •/ , sjon, Ifor leaving the Liege # forts «n----i. . in tlipxear 3 is that the imlportnnce ' "-, of these did not j ratify the losso'f life 1 *■ that "would 'be 'necessary for their. subjugation with the artillery at his disposal:" Heavier gunjs are on their- way from Germany, and;these will be brought into us 9 against the forts, 'frhile the main adK^ance will continue. The,heavy ■ r aPtiltßry M €¥!pepteii foi; the siege of Liege will out^shoot-tne^gi'ns of tne foriress-' es, and the artilleiy-men will 'be able" to „ - batter the fortificatione from points be^yoncl th<a Belgfan range. The^abandon- ■;■ n\ent otf-the attacks ujpon these forts" now, says the general, is at the request .; -of the Kaiser, wh^ does not wish to throw away the lives of his soldiers unJiosessanly. c -General Yon »Stein denies that his losses before Lieiga total as high' as 20.000 . "men... . *'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20161, 2 September 1914, Page 8
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162FIGHTING ROUND LIEGE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20161, 2 September 1914, Page 8
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