BELGIUM

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 112, 5 October 1914, Page 5

BELGIUM

THE INVESTMENT OF ANTWERP. BELGIANS' SUCCESSFUL BUSE. FORTS' EFFECTIVE FIRE. KAISER'S SON IN PRISON. Antwerp, October 2. After the German bombardment of the Wavre and St. Catherine forts they remained silent. The Germans, believing their silence was due to the efficiency of their fire, a section of the field artillery advanced. The forts opened fire and destroyed almost the whole of the attacking force. The Belgians made a sortie and captured several guns. After the Germans had recaptured Malines, a Belgian armored train threw seven shells into the barracks, killing many Germans. There was an artillery duel all along the front on Thursday. The Belgians repulsed the Germans at Rupt, the enemy leaving many dead and wounded. Aviators are enabling the forts to direct a withering fire. The Belgian volunteers have destroyed the railway tracks and bridges at ten places behind and within the German lines, in the provinces of Hainanlt, Brabant, and Limbourg. -

Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, October 2. Mystery enshrouds Prince Adalbert, the Kaiser's third son. A nurse writes from Brussels that the Kaiser demanded the surrender of Antwerp, and King Albert replied that the first shot that was fired Prince Adalbert would be shot. Antwerp residents are speculating on the identity of the prisoner. Non-commis-sioned officers who are incarcerated with him treat him with extraordinary respect. The French papers declare that Princo Adalbert is dead. ' REFUGEES FROM ANTWERP. CONCENTRATION IN HOLLAND. Received 4, 4.15 p.m. Amsterdam, October 3. The Dutch and Belgian Governments ' have arranged for 20,1)00 families to leave Antwerp for Rotterdam. The refugees are being temporarily sheltered in the warehouses of the Holland-America Line, pending the removal to concentration camps. ' BOMBARDMENT OF ANTWERP. A HALF-HEARTED BUSINESS. Received 4, 4.15 p.m. Amsterdam, October 3. The German artillery bombarding Antwerp is supported by only small bodies of infantry. The bombardment is regarded as half-hearted, and designed to frighten tamperers with the German lines of communication. Following the attack against Wavre and St. Catherine forts, the Germans asked for an armistice to bury their dead. THE ATTACK STRENGTHENED. Received 5, 12.5 a.m. Antwerp, October 4. Official. —A violent attack by the German artillery compelled the defenders of Antwerp eastward of the Senno to retiro to a strong position on the River *ethc. ..-■:■ ;*&&>