Belgium
GUERILLA WARFARE. DESPERATE CONFLICTS WITH ENEMY 150,000 STRONG. United Press Association. Antwerp, September 30. The garrison continues guerilla tactics. The nightly sorties have terrorised the German outposts. A train was blown up and outposts picked off. Despite the activity of the garrison, the number of civilians killed and wounded is still in excess of the Belgian soldiers/ Desperate fighting occurred at Termonde and Aerschot from Sunday until Tuesday. The Germans on Sunday were heavily reinforced, until the combatants numbered nearly 150,000. Despite the superior German artillery, a Belgian battery at Audegan after losing 17 gunners, silenced tho German battery. The bombardment of the forts at Wallhem and Wavre continues. The Germans attacked the forts at Liegole and Breedouck. Several sorties drove back the Germans with heavy losses.
TOURNAI FIRED. FINED TWO MILLIONS AND HOSTAGES HELD. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Rotterdam, October 1. Tho Germans fired part of Tournai and demanded a fine of two million. French notables were taken as hostages.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 39, 2 October 1914, Page 5
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161Belgium Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 39, 2 October 1914, Page 5
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