GERMANS ROUTED BY FRENCH AT DINANT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANS ROUTED BY FRENCH AT DINANT

." v CHASED OUT OF THE TOWN-TO THE HILLS • FLYING GERMANS HUNTED FOR SEVERAVMILES "• '' ."■'■! ("Hmes" and Sydney "Sun" Servicej.) it Is officially stated that the Germans at Dinant, on the Meu6e near the Franco-Belgian frontier, in force, and with several quickfirers attacked the French\ positions. There was. a brisk-fight. : The French artillery, decimated the Ger--mans and the French .occupied both banks of the river. German 'iiavaliy-occupied. Dinant on Saturday morning. The French artillery afterwards, expelled them, and French cavalry pursued them. •_;■ 'An engagement, is reported at Landen, a railway junction a few miles east of Tirlemont, on .Friday night. \ The Germans were repulsed with considerable loss ...... There has: been heavy cannonading in the vicinity of the villages of Bost and Bougaerde, close-to Tirlemont, since .three o'clock-on Saturday afternoon. '■'-._ '".■.-.' \: : >' ■ ''(Beodve'd August 17, 8.10 p.m.)'..'"■■ .-/■''. in.' tl. i. '11 j ii> r, ,', Augnst 17, morning. ■ ' T he flowed the Germans ;to enter Dinant while they prepared for a crushing blow. The engagement began on Saturday afternoon-. The Frenoh artillery fire was deadly and was followed by a charge of the Chasseurs who threw the Germans into disorder. <In their hurry to recrossthe Meuse many of the Germans were dromiod." .... ■ ; ..-..., EyE-WITNESSES' NARRATIVES OF THE'FIGHT. .-;'■ .;;; August-17,' 11.55 p.m.) '■' '-■ ... '</",• ■'„ .'.■ ■"..:■•■ Brussels, August 17, morning. ' v i state the Germans at dajbreak occupied a part of Dinant, on tha kit bank of the Meuse.- The force included a Guards division, and another cavalry division supporting the infantry with mitrailleuses. - ._bimul'taneously. the French infantry entered oh the other side of the town, and skirmishes were carried oh throughout the morning extending -to several! .villages. At about 2 o'olock the-French-infantry withdrew' into the woods, and \ . - the field arhlleryengagcd the German artillery; the heavy Fronch guns-meanwhile exchanging shots-with the' German guns ' across the town. ■ 'I he Fronch commander ; then gai'Oitho order to advance, and an infantry regiment from Houx, three miles down tho river, flung itself on the Germans and chased them out of the town to the hills to,the.south of Dinant. V ; Profiting jby the disordor'.of the German regiments, light cavalry crossed the nver and hunted the flying Germans for several miles, though the French pursuers 1 were greatlyoutnnmbered. Six French latteries, each of six. guns, ivero able to follow, the retreat from tho other side of the river, moving forward through wheatfields west of the town, while tho Chasseurs and infantry drove tho Germans due south. FIFTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS KILLED IN BELGIUM. i '" Brussels, August 16. Entrenchments have been thrown up on the main roads around Brussels < against the enemy's cavalry. This is a police measure, and not part of tho military operations. It is estimated that the Germans have lost fifteen thousand killed in Belgium since the beginning of the conflict. , . ' Brussels, August 16. . . The following official statement was made on Sunday afternoon: The situation is unchanged. . - , V Tho Belgian Army is not in direct contact with the enemy at any point at the front. LIEGE FORTS STILL HOLDING OUT. Brussels, August 16. The Liege forts are still holding out. It is. stated that one German General, who was shot in both legs, continues his duty-in an invalid's chair. Seven bombs dropped iu the civilian quarters of Namur. One damaged tho ' railway station, and another wounded five men. Details from Liege state that in the early stages, of the fighting citizens' houses suffered terribly fronj German shells, which caused many fires. -.'-■' ' .- ' . . ' i AUSTMANS SAID TO BE FIGHTING IN BELGIUM. (Roc. August 17, 10.50 p.m.) Amsterdam; August 17. - It is rui)oyrod that Austrian troops are fighting in Belgium under Count yon Buelow commanding the Second German Army Corps. (Eec. August 18, 0.10 a.m.) Paris, August 17, morning. The French captured many hundreds of Uhlan horses. ' German columns can be sten winding along the_ valley of theMiusa towards JDinant, where there are signs that important operations are pending,