After Dinant,
GERMANS SUSTAIN FURTHER LOSSES. (Received 8.1 o a.m.) Brussels, August 19. The Germans on Monday made another attempt to cross the Meuse bridge, near Dinant, but French artillery repelled the attempt with considerable loss. A number of German prisoners will bo shipped to England forthwith.
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY. OUT OF ONE FRENCH COMPANY THREE SURVIVE. GERMAN MOVEMENT FOILED. (Received 8.20 a.m.) Brussels, August 19. Later reports of the battle of Dinant slow that it was moie important
than was hitthcrtc. realised. The loss on Loth sides was heavy. It is now clear the French succeeded in foiling the German attempt to pass a large force of troops across the Meuse. The Germans effected a surprise on one French regiment, who suffered severe’ lv. Out of one company, only three j returned.
The French did some wonderful marching. One body of troops covered 12G miles in two days.
Ten cyclist chasseurs ambuscaded and killed eighty, Germans.
It is reported that thousands of Gcr-J mans were made prisoners at llinant,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 20 August 1914, Page 5
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171After Dinant, Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 20 August 1914, Page 5
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