Defence of Antwerp.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 4, 22 August 1914, Page 5

Defence of Antwerp.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST GERMAN ADVANCE.

SAFETY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

(Received 8.5 a.m.) Amsterdam, August 31

Defensive preparations are being made to defend Antwerp. The woods have been cut down and the villages destroyed so as to deprive the Germans of cover. Earthworks have have "been thrown in all directions, and part of the country outside the fortification* have been flooded. Dover and o*tond tftwuw* ar*

lying in the nrer Scheldt in readiness to, remove the Quean and family.

THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

DUEL BETWEEN RIFLES AND ARTILLERY.

BRUSSELS ENTERED ON THURS-

DAY AFTERNOON.

(Received 8.40 a.in.) London, August 21

The Germans while advancing on Louvain mat a battalion of infantry with machine guns, Ihe Belgians hurriedly lined the road, entrenching themselves in the fields on ei tlier side. Fifty Belgian lancers went out to scout, when suddenly a large force of Uhlans swept over the hill top. The lancers withdrew upon the entrenched infantry, and a duel, rifle versus artillery, continued for an hour. The, Germans entered Brussels at four o’clock on Thursday. The Belgian authorities announced that firing upon the German patrols would he punished as a criminal offence. The railway bridges at Brussels were loft intact to avoid the destruction of the town.