GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF TERMONDE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF TERMONDE

MORE FIGHTINd IN BELfiIUM 4000 BELGIANS DEFEAT 20,000 OF THE ENEMY ~;'■•■ •*.-.■■ '■.... Lohtidnj Meptemtjef 6. , . :Ah Antwerp telegram states that 4000 .Be'giaiis. with' field arid machine ■guhs'i .strongly entreliolied. at dermoids, fought 20,000,Gerrftjihs. The latter, suffered heavily owing to the.dclay in .tie arrival of gutis. , The Belgians, supported by Fort St. Grilles, killed and wounded a thdusand Germans. . ; • ■_~ ■•; .'""... ••..... . Antwerp, September 6i, . The Germans' evacuated Termoiide when the dykes were..opehed, burning a number of houses.and blowing rip the. Northern .Scheldt Bridge to prevent ah offensive movement while the operations at Terniohdo, were proceeding. They how find it impossible to hold Termonde without being but off from Brussels.. .. ...,•,.•. , .'...:,.. ,■'.,..■.. ' - , . The incursion into Waesland, south-west of Antwerp; apparently has beoii abandoned. , . ENTIRE BATTALION 0& GEEMANS WIPED OUT. (Rec. September 7j 9.50 p.m.) '...-.-.- Antwerp, September 7, morning.The Germans,have,been repulsed from Termonde. Many German wounded have. arrived: at Antwerp; ... >. A wounded German lieutenant declared thai only three of his company survided the heavy rifle and artillery fire to which they were opposed. Another officer: stated the fire frbni the_ forts destroyed an eritiro battalion of Germans'; who fired from behind barricades of their dead, of whom at least 450 were abandoned in the field. ■ Termonde and Antwerp are the two, remaining fortified Belgium; the other threo—Liege, Namur, arid .Diest—having previously sViccitmbcd to the. Germans. Termonde is a town of hboiit 10,000 inhabitants, aiid libs 25 miles south-West of .Antwerp, at. the junction of the Derider aiid the Scheldt. The forts have not becij, modernised. ..In 1G67 the dykes' were bp'eiied aiid the country flooded, thus compelling Loins XIV to beat an ignominious retreat. A THOUSAND OF THE ENEMY KILLED. (Rec. September 8, 1.20 a.m:) . Antwerp; September 7. It is officially stated that a thdusand Germans were killed in the battle southward of. Termonde. The Germans retreated in disorder, and their attempted movement was completely checked owing to the splendid action of the Belgian artillery; WHITE-HAIRED GERMAN RESERVISTS ADVANCING. (Rec. SorUember 8, 2' a.m.) i i. ■■«■■' t , „• „ OstehtJ, September 7. Among the German Landsturm drilling at Brussels are many white-haired aiid other aged men are seen among the troops advancing towards Antwerp. The Germans have placed siege gunß found Brussels. GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS ORDERED TO LEAVE. ■ ■' • \ Ostßha, September 6. All Germans and Austnans have been ordered to leave Bolgium within tirirty-six hours, otherwise they will be court-martialled.