GREAT BATTLE RAGING IN BELGIUM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2234, 21 August 1914, Page 5

GREAT BATTLE RAGING IN BELGIUM

: FRONT KIIITY MILES LONG > GAINS AND LOSSES ALONG THI LINE • By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. August 20, 9.25 p.m.) ' m_ ■ j. . , : Brussels, August 18. . Two divisions orFmioh cavalry, by forced marches, reaohed Fraimuse, XO miles north of Houhalize (P Houffalize, near the frontier between Bekium and Luxemburg). ... . fa ; There have been cavalry conflicts at Turahout, 25 miles north-east of Ant* worp, and Herenthout, fifteen miles east of Antwerp. ■ ' . German-patrols;were seen at ,Gheel and Moll, twenty-five ■ and' thirty miles east of Antwerp. ' , 3 ~ The Germans have continued to retreat before the Belgians between'Gembloux and Jpdoigne emoo Monday. ■.'.. The after junctioning with the Belgian right- at ' Gembloux, forced the Germans into a further retreat. • ■ (Rec. August 20, 8.40 p.m.) . t i. l . . . Brussels, August 20. morning Latest messages .state that a strong force of Germans on Tuesday shelled v D} 6 ? 4 .and Tirlemont, respectively thirty miles north-east and twenty _ miles east of Brussels. A Press Exchange telegram asserts that a tremendous battle is m progress between Diest and Namur. which-lie about rorfcy miles apart, '• . Reuter's agent at Brussels states that a fierce batttel's pSedW between the Germans and Belgians along an extended front. West of n Die°st) eeOS iavo arrived from T Memont, Diest, and Aerschot (ten miles (Reo. August 20, 9.25 p.m.) ' been^corifirmed 8 & ® erCQ . battle " proceeding in Belgium FRENCH CAVALRY IN LUXEMBURG. (Reo. August 21, 1.25 a.m.) • Paris, August 20. Another German attempt to cross tAe River Meuse has failed. ' \ ren f" ca™ry has entered Luxemburg. : • have h*&' many ra victon ? il» Uted a P "Courage Ligeois! We WONDERFUL MAROHING FEAT BY THE FRENCH. brirlml 10 !!^ 81 r?" 8 + n wl? a^nl a3 ' ? ftde snotll ® r attempt to Se croß3 U iie St Mausa fliderablo IoES artillery repelled the attempt with conLater reporte regarding the battle at Dinant show that it was more im. portant than had hitherto beon realised. The loss on both sides was heavv It is now clear that- the French succeeded in foiling a German attempt to -pass a large force of across the Meuse. Thl Germans effected a surv raffering S6verely ' out one company only three" 126 Ses F in n tttys Wonderful ■"■«« feat " of troops covered Tt C ';, C r« C Ji S H-»J a rt e l U ' 9 a road and killed eighty Germans. A nLbe/ which General Stuart covered eighty miles in twentv-invpn I,™!.= Juv, 1 ±1 loss of only three men. To-day, the Allies, executing a great sweopbg moveGeman for of Ra«ilh ? esrwho infantry wood, taking,the Germans on the flank. The survivors 'fled, helteMkelter m a nd took refuge in a village near Ramillies, which was burned before tW retreated again. Pursuing cavalry passed a series of burned villa™- ii y >; had fired. Patrol of.tb? illies, particularly'X BelfeffilZ outrages vow to exact a fnlT measure of retribution. The Belgians haw nickTnTfrot^™ 118 th 6 Red Ind ' anS ° f EUIOP °'" owi "6 to their fa-bl HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES AT LIEGE. An English officer who was recently in Brussels intervilwld defenders of Liege. A Beteian officer said"As line after line oT'German infantry advanced we simply mowed them down. They made no attempt at deploying, but came on, line after line, almost shoulder to shoulder, until the fallen were heapod man awful barricade 0 f dead and ■wounded, threatening to mask our guns. The barricade became so high that we did not know whethef to fire through it or go out and clear openings with our hands. Meanwhile some of the wotnided were trying to release themselves' "This wall of dead actually enabled the wonderful Germans to creep close and charge up the glacis, fr 0 m whero the Maxims swopt them The Belgians had losses, but they were slight compared with the carnage wrought amongst the enemy. Many of the prisoners were ravenously huiiTy and begged for food by tearing at their captors' haversacks, and crying in German and broken French, 'Bread, bread. Drink, drink.' Others devoured the carrots •nd turnirw in the fields."