The French in Brussels
GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE OF THE POSITION,
‘THE SAVIOURS OF BELGIUM.”
IN CUNNINGLY *CON "’"RIVED TRENCHES.
WITH RIFLES COCKED,
Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, August 18
Correspondents who wore allowed to lescribo the arrival of the French troops at Brussels say they swarmed oho highways leading from France like ants towards the point of concentration. After the night’s rest they melted away as the morning mist over the sombre Meuse into dark lirwoods uid smiling valleys, singing snatches if “The Marseillaise.” Hidden in iehls of waving corn were many cun-ungly-contrived trenches in which the French and Belgians lay with rifles ■ocked. Through these woods and up iteep knolls had been drawn the latest Hid mast effective field artillery in the vorld. v The French are hailed as the savimrs of Belgium.
Everything is ready and every French soldier is at his post, and the •lash, whether offensive or defensive, nay come at any time.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 19 August 1914, Page 5
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158The French in Brussels Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 19 August 1914, Page 5
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