In Belgium.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 99, 17 August 1914, Page 5

In Belgium.

AMONG THE WOUNDED AT LIEGE Brussels, August lu. A British doctor who visited the hospitals found that very many Belgians have been wounded in the legs. Many , had collapsed from sheer exhaustion. The latter soon recovered, and had the keenest desire to return to arms. The German prisoners explain that they were ordered to fire low, presumably because a man hit in the leg immediately becomes hors de combat. flesh wounds in the calf and thigh heal quickly, and many of the Belgian wounded are already recovering. The majority of the Germans were wounded in the body. The Belgian doctors are working splendidly, but surgical work at Liege is hindered by lack of chloroform.

BELGIAN CORPORAL'S HEROISM.

Brussels, August 16

While a force of Belgians was beingharassed by a German battery at Balmire, near Jupille, an 18-year-old corp ii-a) named Lupin, crept round to the left behind a wall, enfilated the battery shooting the principal officers and men. and threw the battery into confusion. The battery, before retreating, fired a last shot, bringing down the wall and burying Lupin. A Belgian company surprised two companies of German cyclists at Vessenacken, near Louvaiu, about 20 miles from the Field of Waterloo. The Germans retreated, leaving 50 killed.

BELGIANS' PLANS IN RECONNOITRING.

Brussels, August 16.

A Dutchman from Liege recounts how, prior to the attack on the forts, 21 Belgian Lancers, with carrier pigeons, reconnoitred the German position. They hid themselves in the woods half-way between Liege and Aix-la-Chapelle, and kept the defenders of the forts aware of every change in the disposition of the German troops. AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT NAMUR. ANXIOUS FOR FIGHTING. FRENCH SOLDIERS. IN HIGH SPIRITS. A SUCCESSFUL CYCLE RASD. Brussels, August' 15. Two hundred cyclists and carbineerp on Thursday surrounded and surprised three hundred Germans, killed seventy and captured forty.. The rest were dispersed. The arrival of the prisoners, escorted by the cyclists, led to an extraordinary scene at Namur. The whole population turned out and decked the victors.

Namur is heavily garrisoned. Its hiljjl situation makes it. stronger than Liege.

Many French are holding the left bank" of the Mouse, supported iVj mitrailleuses. They are in high spirits and anxious for fighting.

1 All the inhabitants of Xamur have been disarmed, in order that the Germans may have no pretext for wreaking vengeance on the civil population.

GERMAN WIRELESS IN BELGIUM.

Paris, August 15

Le Temps' Brussels correspondent states that before transmitting her latest bribe to Belgium, Germany attempted to persuade the United States Minister to convey it, but the lattor indignantly refused. The correspondent adds that wireless stations have been discovered all over Belgium, many of them ingeniously hidden. Many German servants are engaging in espionage. The German Minister and the AgentGeneral of the Hamburg-Amerika line entertained lavishly commercial and military men of high standing at Antwerp. When a magistrate drew the attention of the authorities, the latter said, "You've got tho spy fever."

GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK.

Brussels, August 15. Uhlans raided the National Bank al Hasselt and secured 22,000 francs.

Immediately afterwards the Belgian cavalry and field guns overtook them and utterly routed the Uhlans, regaining the money.

CATCHER OF GERMAN SPIES.

Brussels, August 15

Belgium is over-run with spies. All capturefl are tried late each night. A certain number have been shot down. Fifty Germans were captured at Antwerp in one, day. Many have been captured wearing the Belgian uniform. One citizen of Brussels who was too iii to go to tho front volunteered as a spy-catcher. Ho speaks German perfectly, and has a German appearance. He goes to the cafes, and i! lie 'sec; suspicious persons lie asks, "Are vou a German?"

If the stranger answers "Yes," lie asks. "Whore do wo meet to-morrow?" If satisfied that the case requires in-

vestigation he signals to the police and the spy is arrested.

BELGIAN ESTIMATE OF CERtViAN LGSCIS, ICjOOO.

BATTLE IN PROGRESS NEAR TIRLEMONT.

Received 8.15 a.m.) Brussels, August 15

Entrenchments have been thrown up on the main roads around Brussels against the enemy's cavalry. This is a, police measure, not a part of tho military operations.

It is estimated that the Germans

lost 15,000 killed in Belgium sine* tke beginning of the conflict. Heavy cannonading lias been beard in the vicinity of Bost and Hongarde (villages close to .Tirlemont) since three o'clock on Saturday afternoon.

(Tirlemont is a town of about 18,000 inhabitants, 25 miles east of Brussels, and 30 miles north-westward of Liege. It is a point on one of the main lines of communication from Eastern Belgium to the capital).

FOUR GERMAN AVIATORS MEET

THEIR END.

(Reecived 8.15 a.m.) Brussels, August 15

A German aeroplane reconnoitring over the Russian position at Suwalki was brought down and four aviators were killed. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. The King of the Belgians is constantly among the troops. He passed several nights in bivouac. The King travels by motor-car, attended by a single officer, and so simply attired that often lie is not recognised. THE BELGIAN INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. Brussels. August 14.

The Minister of, War has decided, in view of the present dispositions of the French and Belgian armies, that no further announcement of movements should be made. The Governn:ent relies on the patriotisim of the Press to preserve absolute silence.

Austria ITALY AND MONTENEGRO HARASSING HER. BOMBARDMENT IN THE GULF OF , CATTARO. Home, August 10. The Government asks Austria either to make the blockade of the Austrian coasts effective or have it formally withdrawn. The step is considered necessary on account of Italy's commercial relations with Montenegro. A Cettinje telegram states that the Montenegrins are effectively bombarding the Austrian position in, the Guf of Cattaro. Two forts and a powder magazine were destroyed. "A DELIBERATE LIE" IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FRANCE.

AUSTRIA ANNOYED WITH

BRITAIN.

Home, August 15

An official communication from Vienna regarding Britain's declaration of war on Austria says that it is evident that Britain's alleged reason is not only an, arbitrary alteration of facts, but a deliberate lie..* -She has lightly broken a traditional friendship in order to support France.

DESTROYED BY HER OWN COUNTRY.

Trieste. August 1-3

The Austrian Lloyd steamer Baron (Jautsch, from Lussingrande, with three hundred •persons aboard, struck a mine believed to been laid by the Austrians in the Adriatic Sea, and sank. Twenty bodies have alj ready been recovered. It is officially reported that 113 were drowned, and 157 saved.