GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS IN BELGIUM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2246, 4 September 1914, Page 5

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS IN BELGIUM

RAID MADE ON (Rec. September 4, 1.40 a.m.) Ostend, September 8. _ Reserves in blue uniforms are being brought from Germany to relieve thirst line of troops, which it is believed are being conveyed by Germany to stem the Russian advance. ' 'A ZEPPELIN OVER ANTWERP. (Rec. September 3, 11.5 p.m.) Antwerp, September 2. A Zeppelin hovered over the city for four hours, and searchlights located it at dawn. The bombs dropped wounded twelve people, and damaged the Red Cross buildings. ' * — l . . GERMANS RAID ALOST. , Ostend, September 2. The Germans yesterday raided Alost, a, town of 82,000 inhabitants, lying about half-wav between Brussels and Ghent. They occupied the station, the Town Hall, and the bridges. Eventually the Belgian Lancers drove them off. Antwerp, September 2. A shell exploded a few yards from King Albert, who was directing operations at Malines. The back wheel of his motor-caT was torn-off. A Zeppelin airship reappeared at dawn to-day, and was vigorously fusilladed and cannonaded. Antwerp, September 2. Germans blew up the Hotel de Ville at Namur. , GRATITUDE- FOR BRITISH , INTERVENTION. ' (Rec. September 3, 6.15 p.m.) ■' , London, September 2. The Belgian Minister has conveyed to His Majesty the King the respectful and ardent gratitude of Belgium for England's resolute and immediate intervention.—("Times"'and SycLney "Sun" Services.)