Belgium

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 31, 23 September 1914, Page 5

Belgium

A DARING CHAUFFEUR.

KING ALBERT'S NARROW ESCAPE FROM CAPTURE.

(Received 9 a.m.) London, September 22

The Lille newspaper states tint King Albert had a narrow escape during hour inspection. His chauffeur made towards the German lines. Th. 3 King ordered him to stop, but he continued at full speed, and King Albert shot him. A document was found in 1 is pocket offering one million francs tor the capture of the King.

NEWS OF BRUSSELS.

Ostend, September 21

It is reported that all the Bavarian troops have left Brussels. Some :\vcre court-martialled and shot. It is stated that all the Germans have been sent to France or the Eas; Prussian frontier.

Forty thousand Austrian (?) are occupying Brussels, accompanied by seven heavy siege guns.

GERMANS' ATTACK REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS

London, September 21

The Daily Chronicle's Antwerp correspondent reports that the Germans made three desperate but unsuccessful attempts on Saturday and Sunday t.i capture Fort Wallhem, between Malines and Brussels. On the first rjght operations with the heaviest artillery covered an infantry attack upon the entrenched Belgians. B'or i short time while the issue was doubtful, but when the defenders of the fort realised the danger they devastated the German lines, and the attack was finally repulsed with the loss of 1000 men.

Antwerp, September 21

The Germans have expelled from Woiverthem all males over 10 \oav3 )f age. A detachment of German cyclists burned the villages of Tremluo and Ivotselear.