Skirmishing.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 14 August 1914, Page 5

Skirmishing.

BELGIAN CAVALRY SHOW THEIR METAL. SHOCKING STORIES OF GERMAN BRUTALITY. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Brussels, August 13. The Belgian cavalry pursued the German Mitrailleuses and inflicted considerable, losses ; retiring with perfect steadiness when the Germans were reinforced. Ten thousand were engaged in this skirmish, which was the first action of the Belgians in German country. Their conduct is a good augury for the future. There are indications that the German advance on the Belgian centre has been abandoned. Two Uhlans killed at Hasselt were being buried when the Red Cross discovered ten thousand marks of gold upon one and five thousand on the other. It is supposed the dead men were attached to the commissariat. Stories of German brutality are accumulating. A Uhlan at Dormael cut down a priest while administering the Saarament to the wounded. Germans at Rerairerourt shot down two children, aged seven, who warned the Gendarmes of their arrival. Similar stories have reached St. Petersburg. Soldiers stripped Russian ladies naked in the presence of the officers. The father of one -of the ladies interfered and was shot dead. There are few English visitors in Germany, but it is believed. they are well treated.