DESPERATE FIGHTING AT LIEGE
HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES
CAVALRY DIVISION ANNIHILATED
TERRIFIC FIRING OFF DUTCH COAST ;
GERMAN FLEET DRIVEN SOUTH
NEW ZEALAND'RALLIES TO THE'CALL V
■< ■ • /.V-' y V The nows from Europe to-day . of dosperate-fightiig 011 land, while the reports of the course bf hostilities at sea are in many.cases : conflicting and confusing. It is stated that the German Fleet, after :an engagement with the British, has been driven to the coast of Hoi- . 7 land, and there are reports of several hundred German seamen being brought ashore to Harwich Naval Hospital. An important announcement is that Holland has declared war on Germany. The Kaiser issued ' two ; remarkable v Proclamations, in one of which he calls every able-bodied German to the colours, and in the other he reiterates that '.'To\be or .not to be" is the question for Germany to-day. At Liege the Belgians continue to offer a stubborn resistance to the invaders, •who have been bo badly hit that they appealed for an armistice, which Belgium rrfused. Bevefl; German regiments are stated to have . Surrendered, and a division of cavalry was practically annihilated■while attempting to cross the Meuse.. The German people are stated to be depressed, and lacking in enthusiasm over the war. An unconfirmed repoit records an attempt on the life of the <\own Prince; heir,to the Gorman.throne,; who is stated to have been seriously wounded. In ftew Zealand there has been a great response to the • call for assistance in the way of horses and funds, and there are large numbers of volunteers coming forward for the Expeditionary ■ Force. The House of ■ has passed Bills to ensure reasonable prices, being charged for foodstuffs and goods, and also to relieve mortgagees for the time being of embarrassments likely to arise out, of tlio .dislocation of -tfi6 financial markets of tlie world.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 5
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302DESPERATE FIGHTING AT LIEGE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 5
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