EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOIT
LIEGE RESIDENTS' ESCAPE
DRIFTED DOAVX THE MEUSE
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) R?ce'ved January 16, 8.40 a.ni LONDON, Jan. 15. An extraordinary explo.it of 103 inhabitants of Liege, who escaped to Holland, is reported. They got possession of an old tug, and drifted during the night down the swollen Meuse, despite all sorts of obstacles, including cables across the river.' The pilot was protected by armour plating, and the passengers remaining below, thus escaped the machine-gun fire by the German s.ntries.
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Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13388, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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83EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOIT Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13388, 16 January 1917, Page 5
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