In Belgium.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 96, 13 August 1914, Page 5

In Belgium.

GERMANS FIND BELGIANS VERY I RESOURCEFUL. I . Brussels, August 12. A German aeroplane at Gainur was ■brought down ay rifle lire, and two military aviators were captured. | Belgians, who concealed themselves in thickets in the fields, captured considerable numbers of the invaders. | VILLAGES SET ON FIRE. Brussels, August 12. Six thousand Germans with guns and quiekiirers captured the Lauden railway station and tore up the rails. Fugitives state that the Germans fired many villages after giving the inhabitants half an hour to clear out. The Germans have evacuated Lauden, and the Belgians have re-occupi-ed the town. HORDES OF GERMAN SPIES ARRESTED. FAMOUS BELGIAN LANCER. Brussels, August 12. The German troop.; are entrenching round the city of Luxembourg, along the valley of the Outhre. French aeroplanes keep headquarters well informed of the German movements. Three thousand Germans are awaiting court-martial in Belgrade for espionage. It is reported that a hundred have been shot. Spies have been found in every direction, disguised as priests, Boy Scouts and women. A batch of German officers was arrested disguised in the Belgian uniform. Bogaerts, a Belgian lancer, ia be coming famous. He sallies fort? t with lance alone in a posse, generally killing or wounding one Uhlan, whereupon the rest surrender. Bogaerts has already secured fourteen prisoners, killed three Uhlans, and wounded several, without himself suffering the slightest injury.

RIVERS RUN BLOOD. Brussels, August 11. Rivers far from the scone of action at Liege.are stained with blood. WOMEN (N THE FIRING LINE. GERMAN CASUALTIES AT LIEGE. ■; ». !? -\ is} A 1 .... ,1 Brussels, August 11.. After, tke consorts at Herstal had left, women and old men,, defended the" national ' sntall" arms lactory. Armed with revolvers and other weapons, they repulsed several Uhlan patrols. When their ammunition became exhausted they barricaded themselves in their houses and poured .boiling , water on ithe attackers. The. factory is still uncaptured. The War Office has announced that 2000 Germans have been killed at Liege. 20,000 wounded, and -9700 taken prisoners. :', GERMAN NOTABLES KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING. Brussels, August 11. The newspaper Peuple states that during street fighting at Seraing 100 Germans hastily retreated before a superior force. When! they re-form-ed ranks, it was discovered that Count Lippe and his son had fallen. The Germans demanded their bodies, which were buried in the Seraing cemetery. DETERMINED ADVANCE BY LARGE BODY OF GERMANS. THEIR CAVALRY REPULSED. Brussels, August 12. On Tuesday afternoon ten thousand German cavalry, followed by a detachment of infantry, commenced methodical reconnaissances. Tho Germans advanced strongly on Hesbaye, and halted at Haunut. Constant skirmishes occurred at Terelemont and on the St. Maud line. Everywhere the German cavalry Mas repulsed with heavy losses. PEASANTS AND PRIEST BUTCHERED. Brussels, August 12. A slight fire broke out in the church at St. Antoino at Lalouviere, Charleroi, while mass for the Belgian army was being celebrated. A panic occurred, and fourteen women were killed and 50 injured. Germans near Vendors ordered the inhabitants of war age to assemble. They chose seventeen and shot them. Thirty pasants at Berneau were similarly shot, including a priest, against the Avail of his church. CAVALRY ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE GERMANS. (Received 8.40 p.m.) London, August 12. Rexifcer's Brussels correspondent sa.vs that heavy cavalry engagements are proceeding between the French and Belgians and the Germans. The neighbourhood is not state:!, but it is surmised to lie to the west-north-west 'f Liege.

THE FORTS ROUND CIECE STILL INTACT. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Paris, August 12. It is officially declared that only small groups of Germans hare entered the town of Liege. All the forts from Belfort to Liege are intact. The French still hold the crest of tin Vosgos passes that dominate th»» heights of AI.RRCO ->rd ho'-H the lints baUeen Thaun and Altkirch,

TERRIFIC CANNONADING IN THE NORTH-WEST OF LIEGE. < (Received 9.40 a.m.) j Amsterdam, August 12. '■ De Telegraf's correspondent at Maastricht states that there has Deen a terrific cannonade in the direction of •Tongres. ! 1 MANY PATROLS OF GERMANS CAPTURED. IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT NEAR BRUSSELS. (Received 9.40 a.m.) ■ . Paris, August 12. It is officially stated that many German patrols Were captured at Dinant, Rochefort and llivet. An important engagement is reported near Tirlemont, where the Belgians offered vigorous resistance. GERMAN RIFLES 3MPORTEB AS BACON. Brussels, August 11. It is reported that 3500 rifles have been found in shops at Antwerp, in cases labelled "bacon." "SOLID MASS OF ARMOR." Paris, August 11. Belgian airmen report that it is one I solid muss of armor from Liege to Duren. Each Gorman private has a glow watch and field glasses. Noncoms, have whistles, and commands [during the assaults on the forts are (given by whistles of varying shrillness. THE BELGIAN STRATEGIST. Paris, August 11. An attempt to capture General Liemann was carried out bl spies who had been taxi-drivers in Liege for ■three years.