THE SPARTACISTS IN BERLIN
BEING OVERCOME BY GOVERNMENT . . FORCES , , SMOKING OUT THE STRONGHOLDS By TelcgranfT—Press Association—Copyright London, March 13. The :Gerrnaii Govenniient forces -'liavo captured Liehtenberg, near Berlin, and are overcoming the . Spartaciisiaus in Easit'rn Berlin—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Berlin, March 13. ' Governinent troops aro ''successfully using sulphuV- funics to smolieVOut' the Spartee.usians from ■ their. " principal strongholds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CRIMINALS AND ARMY DESERTERS " ARMED . SPARTACISTS SHOOT THEIR PIIISONI'IIiS, London, Jlorch'l2. Mi'. Tower, newspaper correspondent, .write,s...from .l|erlin"ln.. tho .latest. tightingi-the-Spartacusians arined criinin-ajs.-'burglars, footpads, homicidal maniaw, and a • hundred -thousand armv deserters who were "hiding in Berlin and the foiests. When prisoners wero taken thev were compelled to climb into carts in twenties, and were shot as.'they were liiounting them: The bodies' were then •driven off. . ,A- female; Spartarusian shot twenty "with her own hand."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. .March I t," 11.10 ,-ji-m,) - Amsterdam, M-arch 11. The Spariacists, after capturing tho police headquarters in Berlin, murdered seventv defenders. Only sis escaped.— AuvN.Z. Cable Assn. ATTACKING CIVILIAN'S' ■ TROOPS ALIKE. (Rcc. March 15", 0.15 a.m.)' Berlin, March 12. The Sparlacistt;, driven to desperation by losing l tho .fight, are now attacking civilians and' Ihe Government forces alike. Spartacist bombing planes are indiscriminately showering bombs over the citv, and Spartacist plundering parlies are. robbing the section of the city they control, especially the suburbs of Liclit-enburg.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. -.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 7
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222THE SPARTACISTS IN BERLIN Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 7
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