RAIN CAUSES DISASTER
PRUSSIAN GUARDS MOWED DOWN (Rec. October 7, 10.20 p.m.) m , ■ Paris, October 6. Ihe Prussian Guards met with a disaster at St. Goud on September 9. They took' up a position overnight when the ground was dry and solid, but heavy rains caused a swamp, and the guns and caissons became embedded. The men and horses sank in the mud, and tho Fronch guns mowed them down, killing hundreds.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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72RAIN CAUSES DISASTER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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