THE NAMUR MASSACRE.
AWFUL ATROCITIES BY GERMANS. The eleventh re-pert c£ -.he Belgium Commission gives details of cm rag/; in the province of Namur, who"? ntariy 2,000 men, women and children wera massacred. In .some :',arto half the male adult population li.-sappearedThe supposed Franc-Tir&ur war against the was a mere in-"C:?..;;a. T.he F'rane-Tircurs were a body of French civilian sharpshooters who took part in the Franco-German war, and who, when caught, wer-3 sev-u'pjy dealt with by the Germans. A RACE WITH SUBMARINES. LONDON let; IK. Three Submarines chased the steamer Kirkham Abbey bound from Rotterdam to Hull for ninety minutes on .he Dutch coast. The steamer went it full .speed and i.ig-zagged and escaped.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 143, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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114THE NAMUR MASSACRE. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 143, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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