BELGIAN ADVANCE FROM ANTWERP

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2255, 15 September 1914, Page 5

BELGIAN ADVANCE FROM ANTWERP

, .-';.■■ : GERMANS GIVING GROUM) '•■ .'■V - ■ ■-'■:. LINES; OF COMMUNICATIONS CUT . ! ..." .;..■•■ ■■■"'■ .Antwerp, , Septemberl3. Offioial.—The battle south-east'of Antwerp continued with the utmost fierceness. On the Belgian wing the enemy gavo ground, and in the centre and on the right the Belgians advanced undbr good conditions. Many big Creusot guns which were brought to Antwerp have done good work. .An observer states that the German lines of communication with Cortenberg (nine miles east of Brussels) are cut in three directions. : MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE SOUTH-WEST. Ostend, September 13. Ten thousand Germane between Desselghem and Wacreghom have started moving to the south-west. They have cut the telegraphs and telephones, and broken the railway signals, in order to prevent a surprise froni the .north, and sent patrols towards Roulers. They also intimidated the peasants into giving information regarding the Belgian and seized the windmills. It was noticeable that these, "whenever the Belgian forces were'near, stopped turning, thus signalling their approach. Waereghem is on the border hetwoea oast and west Flanders,- 40 miles west of Brassels and 17 miles' south-west of Ghent. Haulers is 15 miles northwestward of Waereghem, and 21 miles south-south-east of Ostend. SHARP REVERSES TO THE GERMANS. (Rec. September 14, 11.30 p.m.) • Ostend, September 14. Strong bands of Uhlans are still prowling about in the neighbourhood. The Belgians dispersed several hundreds at- Dixmuyden (18 miles south-west of Ostend), inflicting severe lose, and also captured a. column. Belgian volunteers, supported by the Civic Guards, with machine guns mounted on automobiles, had a sharp engagement with Germans near Alost, between Brussels and Ghent. The. Germ an losses were serious, and seven wag- '. ons were captured. . ' . \ ' : The German retreat southwards wns marked by a trail of horriblo outrages.. They entered the chapel of Lior Saint Marie, where four priests were celebrating Mass. They seized the priests, and forced .them to march ahead, and then eventually all four were killed.