EARLIER MESSAGES.
OFFICIAL NEWS.
GERMANS HARASSING
SOUTH ATLANTIC ROUTES
"FORMIDABLE OPERATIONS"' IN
THE NORTH SEA
(SPECIAL TO "THE rBKSS.")
WELLINGTON', August 14.
The following official telegram from tho Press Bureau has just been received by the Prime Minister:—
Germany is harassing the trade routes to South American porta. The Admiralty has despatched mobilised cruisers to tho stations commandin" those routes. Twenty-four British eruisere are searching for five German cruisers. Threo fast armed merchant vessels have been commissioned to patrol the routes. British shipping ] s now arriving regularly, and tho Admiralty urge traders to England to send cargoes confidently.
There is uo reassurance in connexion with shipping '» the North Sea, where formidable operations aro proceeding. Tho bulk of 2G German army corps
is located between Liege and Luxemburg indicating that the Russian frontier is lightly guarded, except for Rceerves.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 11
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138EARLIER MESSAGES. Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 11
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