BATTLE OF LOUVIT

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 22 August 1914, Page 5

BATTLE OF LOUVIT

BELGIANS BEAR THE BRUNT BOTH SIDES RETIRE. BELGIANS OCCUPY WATERLOO Received this day, 8.15 a.m. Lundon, Friday Louvit, which is a sleepy, mediaeval town, waa defended by a email force of infantry and cavalry, who retreated when the main body of Germans arrived. The latter made the resistance the pretext for burning a number of houses. The Belgians found an excellent defensive position in a high wooded country between Louvain and Brussels, where the German cavalry opened out fan shape and _ advanced rapidly when they ran againat the Belgian position The artillery punished the Germans severely, forcing them to dig themselves into cover. Later the artillery reinforcement arrived, but were unable to make any impression un the Belgians, whose front was protected by marshy ground Finally the Germans were compelled to retreat to the further side of Louvain. This Belgian force and the force holding Wavre, retired late in the afternoon to prevent the possibility of being outflanked The brunt of the German attack fell on the Belgians' left. The French were practically untouched, but were compelled to alter the dispositions in order to preserve the continuity of the allied force lines The Germans are now threatening Malines, where the Uhlans are ac-, tIV9