NEW GERMAN TROOPS
BELOW THE STANDARD MEN POORLY EQUIPPED OFFICERS HAVE LOST THEIR ARROGANCE ("Times" and Srdney "Sim" Services.) London, January 26. A neutral from Brussels reports that the new German troops are not comparable to those who goose-stepped through Brussels in August. They are badly equipped, and many are-in civilian mi?' cxce P' f° r military'caps. The officers have lost their arrogance, and avioid contact with the popula,tion. _ Life in Brussels is almost normal. The boulevards are crowded on Sundays. The .theatres arc closed, but a couple of kinema houses show German films. Liege has been converted into a firstclass fortress. The Namur forts have been strengthened and strongly garrisoned. v
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5
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