The Belgian Army

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

The Belgian Army

HALF WAY BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP. MILITARY CRITICS’ OPINION. (Reecived 8.15 a.ra.) London, August 21.

Clitics point out that the Belgians at Antwerp are admirably placed to fall upon any German columns pushing westward if they should suffer a check at the hands of the British and French. Antwerp has supplies for a year, and as communication with the sea is assured, the city is practically irreducible.

The Belgian army, menacing the German right wing, compels the Germans to maintain important forces in the neighbourhood. The Antwerp correspondent of the Daily Telegraph points out that the broad plains north of the Meuse, with innumerable roads converging on Brussels, make ideal country for tho deployment of large forces. Apparently tho Germans have not abandoned the attempt to turn the Allies’ loft wing by an advance eu mass on tho left bank of the Meuse. A noteworthy feature is the absence of information relative to the operations in the Luxemburg district. ,

< Ghent telegrams state that 1 King Albert and the general staff are now at Malines. The army is occupying a line from Antwerp to Malines.

The Belgian army has only been reorganised for u; year and is without adequate cavalry to cope with the Uhlans.

The German guns outranged the Belgian, especially the heavy howitzers.

When the order to retreat was issued, the Belgians dynamited many hauses in Louvain to impede th© enemy.