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BELGIUM

HERMANS ADVANCING A TRACK OF RUINS. Brussels, August 11. The Germans have reached Houll'al i«e, on the Ourbiie. While tne villagers were in church at Afleville, a frontier village, Uhlans set fire to their houses witli petroleum and destroyed the village. A similar outrage is reported in the Limburg proyince. A German princess, living in a castle in Belgium, cleared it of its valuable contents six weeks ago and sent them to Germany. THE FORTS RESIST THE ASSAULT. BUT CANNOT WITHSTAND SIEGE ARTILLERY. London, August 11. t iav ilirmed reports state that the small lorts at Liege have been captured. One fort was apparently silent, but when the German infantry advanced, it was received with & hail of bullets and driven back. Experts consider the Liege forts unlikely to withstand siege guns. Lord Sydenham opines that a few hours' bombardment witJh 8501b. projectiles will reduce them to a shapeless mass. "While men in the front rank used cutters to remove the barbed wire en tanglements guarding the approach to the forts, the others lajy down. The .forts rained down grapeslfot and sharpshooters picked the wire cutters off. THE REBUFF UNEXPECTED. GERMAN PLANS MISCARRY. | Brussels, August U. | A Uhlan has been captured who had in his possession the German plans, by I which the Germans were to have reaeh ed Brussels on August 3 and Lille on Angnst 5. RIVERS RUN BLOOD. Receired 12, 5.15 p.m. Times-Sydney Sun Special Services. Brussels, August 11. Rivers far from the scene of action at Liege are stained with blood. WOMEN IN THE FIRING LINE. THE VILLAGE DEFENDERS. ' GERMAN CASUALTIES AT LIEGE. Received 12, 5.5 p.m. Brussels, August 11. After tho conscripts at Ilerstal had left, women and old men defended the national smail arms factory. Armed with revolvers and other weapons, they rc;>uised several Ulilan patrols. When th.ir ammunition became exhausted they barricadeil tli"mselvcs iu their houses and poured boiling water on the attackers. The factory is still uncaptnred. The War Ofi'icu has announced that 2000 Germans have, been killed at Liege, 20,000 wounded, and 9700 taken prisoner*. GERMAN NOTABLES KILLED. IN STREET FIGHTING. Received 12, 5.5 p.m. i Brussels August 11. The newspaper I'euple states that durii.g street fightijig at Scraing 100 Germans hastily retreated before a superior force. When they re-formed rank?, it was discovered that Count Lippe and his son had fallen. The Germans demanded their bodies, which were buried ill the Seraing cemetery. A GERMAN ARTIFICE. RIFLES IMPORTED AS ISACON. A FIND AT ANTWERP. Received 12, 5.5 p.m. Brussels, August 11. It is reported that 3500 rifles have been found in shops at Antwerp, in cases labelled "bacon."

' SOLID MASS OP ARMOR. d "REPORTS BY BELG !.\\ AIRMEN. j Times and Sydney Sun Services. t Paris, August 11. v Belgian airmen report that it is one solid mass of armor from Liege to Duren. Each German private has a glow watch and field "lasses. Non-Coms. have whistles. and commands during the assaults on the forts are given by whistles of varying shrillness. THE BEI/lIAN STRATEGIST. i ATTEMPTED OAPTUKK BY SPIES. Paris, August U. < An attempt to capture General i.ie- ( tnann was carried nut by spies who had i I been taxi-drivels in Liege for three years. A DETERMINED ADVANCE. BY LARGE BODY OF GERMANS. CAVALRY REPULSED EVERYWHERE Received 12. 8.".1 p.m. August '2. On Tuesday affeinion ien thousand Genyan cavalry, followed by a detachment of infantry, rommenced methodical reconnaissances The Germans advanc ed strongly on llesbnye. and halted at Haumii. Constant skirmishes occurred at T<relemont and on the S(. line. Everywhere Ihe German cavalrv* wa - ivpulsed with heavy losses. GERMAN OUTRAGES. PEASANTS AND PRIEST BUTCHERED. FTHE IN A ClintCH. Received 12, 9.-10 p.m. Brussels, August 12. A slight fire broke out in the chuTch of St. Antoine at Lalonvioro. Charleroi, while mass for the Belgian armv was being celebrated. A panic occurred, and [ fourteen women were, killed and 50 in- > jured. , _ Germans near Yeiviers ordered the inhabitants of war age to assemble. . They chose seventeen and shot them. . Thirty peasants at Berneau were simi- . larly shot, including a priest, against L «ie wiill of his church.

HORDES OF SPIES. THREE THOUSAND AWAIT COUHTMARTIAL. E ]•' VEt"I 1V E FRENCH A P.I!!) i' i. AX ICS. Received 13, 12.5 u.m. Brussels, August 12 (nioiT.ii]}:). The Gorman troops arc entrenching rounil the city of-Luxemburg, along Hie valley of the Outlire. French aeroplanes keep headquarters well informed of Ihe German novemeiits. Three thousand 1 Vn:;unK a.,' awaiting court-martial in lleljr a.le for espionage. It is reported th:.i a Hundred liavt- been shot. Sjijea have if-en found in every direction, disguised a., priests, Boy Scouts and women. A batch of German officers was arrested disguised in tin: Belgian uniform. BELGIAN BERSEGER. THE ROMANCER AT WORK. Received 13, 12.10 a.m. Brussels, August 12. Bogaerts, a Belgian lancer, is becoming famous. He sallies forth with lance ■ alone in a posse, generally killing or wounding one Uhlan, whereupon the rest surrender. Bogaerts has already secured fourteen prisoners, killed t/hree Uhlans, and wounded several, without himself suffering the slightest injury. VULNERABLE AIRCRAFT. [ RESOURCEFUL BELGIANS. Received 13, 1.10 a.m. Brussels, August 12. A German aeroplane at Gamur was brought down by rifle fire, and two military aviators were captured. Belgians, who concealed themselves in thickets in the fields, captured considerable numbers of the invaders. VILLAGES SET ON FIRE. POPULACE SCATTERED IN A FEW HOURS. Received 13, 12.20 a.m. Brussels, August 12 (looming). ' Six thousand Germans with guns and quickfirers captured the Lauden railway station and tore up the rails. Fugitives state that the Germans fired many villages after giving the inhabitants half a hour to clear out. Received 13, 1 a.m. The Germans have evacuated Lauden, and the Belgians have re-occupied the town. ORGANISED ESPIONAGE IN BEL GIUM. Brussels, August 11. There is an organised system of Ger man espionage, in which business men of high standard are involved. Two thousand spies have been arrested. KTNG GEORGE PRAISES BELGIANS Brussels, August 11. King George has telegraphed to the King paying a tribute to the gallant Belgian artny.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 71, 13 August 1914, Page 5

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BELGIUM Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 71, 13 August 1914, Page 5

BELGIUM Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 71, 13 August 1914, Page 5

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