BELGIUM AND THE GERMAN ADVANCE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2241, 29 August 1914, Page 7

BELGIUM AND THE GERMAN ADVANCE

I BOW NAMUR WAS INVESTED ELEVEN GERMAN ARMY CORPS MARCH PAST (Rec. 'August 28, 8.45 p.m.) M. Mellot, the Belgian deputy for Namur, stated that the bombardment of Namur commenced on--August 14. Until then the inhabitants had hoped that the French and English would arrive and rout the Germans before they reaphed the town., Tho first shell struck the bridge of Salzinnes, which fell among a group ; of onlookers, killing five. Later the Uhlans came in greater numbers, and by the 20fch the inhabitants wero unable to pass the lines of the forts. While eleven German army corps Were crossing the Meuse, a powerful force was detailed to mask the fortress, which kept up a heavy fire, extending over ton miles on both banks of tho Meuse. .. The French tried to check the German advance, and a German battery at midday on. August -21 was placed between the two forts and bombarded the town. The Belgian troops then joined tho French. A German army corps numbers about 43,000 men, and if eleven army corps orossed the Msuse at Namur,.it would mean the passage of nearly half a million men. ' . ' ■ ■ BELGIANS EVACUATE MALINES, ' (Reo. August 28, D.lO p.m.) ' ~, .. ~.. , ± ' ■ ■, L< August 28, morning. j After a magnificent defence of two days, the Belgians evaouated Malines halfway between Antwerp and Brussels, The Fourth German Army Corps' which was ordered south, has returned, owing to tho Belgian attacks on tho lines of communication'. ' The inhabitants, numbering 60,000, have been expelled from Malines where tho Germans have entrenched themselves. ■ ' Malines is a city of 60,000 people, in tho province of Antwerp, lying about halfway between Antwerp and Brussels. It is the junction for the railway line from Ghent to Louyain and Liego, as well as that from Antwerp to Brussels and the south, and its station in time of peace is one of tie busiest inßelgium In the wars of the 17th and 18th' centuries it was besieged many times and captured by the French, Dutch, and English on different occasions The French finally removed the fortifioations in 1804, since which year it has been an open town. , ■_ ' BELGIAN LOBS ESTIMATED AT 10,000, (Ttec. August 28, 6.40 p.m.) . ■ '» t. i • ■ m i. ,• tJ , Dl . , London; August 27. A Belgian officer has estimated the Belgian losses at 10 000 Tho American, Minister in Belgium has protested to Berlin against tho Zeppelin bomb-dropping incident.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services, ONLY TWO FOETS AT NAMUR SILENCED. ' An officer from Namur states that the forts are holding out "with the exception or Marcnovelette and Cognlce. . The Belgians .fought without assistance for the days previous to the arrival of French reinforcements. A large force of Germans was before Namur when the Belgians retreated southwards.

BRITISH MAEINES PROTECT OSTEND. of •• C Wl n, F i rst 1 L I ° rd of Admiralty. nnnouSSla^Ttronfforco rouSrdi^riots. 611 at ° stend, and W <Kcupied the tOTO and SUI " (Beo. August 28, 6.40 p.m.) l of t)? n S^l d,haS + t eC r ed reßist J! at taoks by raiding partio^'but'milie^vent ol the enemy attacking m great force tlio city will nsk for the observance of ''Sun" o °i ™ g *° undetended towns.-''Times" and Sydney (Itec. August 28, 8 p.m.) ™vJ? \ h % f°«se. of Commons, Mr. Churchill stated that "British mSines had Channel Pre Ge ™ans from getting S a footliold in the