ALL WELL WITH THE ALLIES IN BELGIUM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 5

ALL WELL WITH THE ALLIES IN BELGIUM

FINAL DISPOSITIONS HADE , NOT ONE FORT CAPTURED AT LIEGE (Reo. August 19, 8.50 p.m.) ' Brussels, August 18, evening. It is officially reported that all continues' well with the Belgian army. A German cavalry patrol has been sighted to the north of Antwerp. The Government has issued a reassuring proclamation that all the fortified positiona-aro fully manned, '' | . ' (Reo. August 19, 10.65 p.m.) London, August ID. ; Mr. Martin Donohoe, writing to the "Dally Chronicle," says that both sides havo made their final dispositions for the grand battle. The Fronch s flro like terriers hunting rats. ' The French Embassy states that the- Liege forts arc- 'still holding out, and not one has been captured. , - London, August 18. , The "Daily News" states that eight hundred defenders of Liego retired at night in good order. ' FRENCH TROOPS SWARM INTO BRUSSELS. /'"". V London, August 18.', The now dispositions of the Allied armies in Belgium are complete. Correspondents who were allowed to describe the arrival of tho, French troops at Brussels, say;—"They-swarmed the highways leading from France liko ants towards the point'of concentration, and, after a night's rest, molted awayas the morning mist over the sombre Me use into the dark firwoodß and valleys, singing snatches of 'The Marseillaise." Hidden jn the fields of wav-_" ihg corn : were many cunningly-contrived trenches,' in which French and Bel-" gians lay,, their rifles cocked. Through these woods and up the steep knolls had been drawn the latest and most, effective; field artillery in the world. The French aro.hailed as tho saviours of Belgium. Everything isready, every French soldier is'at his post, and a clash—whether offensive or defensivemay come at any time." '•>'.'■ .-.'•••,■'■' . .' , The engagement at Haelen was more costly than-had been supposed, The .Gormansjosttwo thousand dead, and abandoned fiftoeh\gunß. Dead horses are strewn everywhero.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun"'Services. \ ■■*-»•■■ "... ..''■■''■:. /Paris, August 18. The statemont is confirmed that King Albert of Belgium ■rejected Germany's fresh request, made through Holland, for'Gerraan'troops to cross Belgium. ■..'•.'.' ' " . ■ ' ■