The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-20
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army have hacked their way to. and
probably are in Louvain. This is the
last gateway to Antwerp and Brussels.
historic town but the roads are blocked
with German dead.
1t il no use blinking facts that al
though the kaiser's schemes were badly
disarranged by the determined and I'M
expected resistance Of the Belgians.
his officers and men are moving for
ward to victory or to death.
For the order to advance was ac-
companied by the sanguinary threat.
defeat mems death in. or exile from
Germany"
A dispatch from Brussels announces
Germans are advancing on us all along
the line. which would seem to confirm
a dispatch that Louvaine has been
taken. The capital Of Belsium. If not
captured, as rumored, soon will be oc-
cupied by the kaiser's legions.
A dispatch from Brussels received at
IS minutes after o'clock this morn
ing says it is practically impossible to
get news away from Brussels. How
ever it is certain the tremendous battle
Is in progress.
In the South.
In another war zone, Alsace-Lorraine,
the French army seems to be sweeping
unresistedly onward and the paucity Of
news from there indicates that q gen.
eral engagement may have been begun
there, too.
There is no doubt, either, that Italy
is straining at the leash and 10 ready to
ing the belief is unshakably that II
even the kaiser's magnificent troops
should win the big battle now on in
Belgium. in the end Germany wnl be
beaten and bowed in the dust. 81
The first list Of British dead and
wounded came trickling in last
night. Three officers killed and two
wounded as the result Of accidents il
the summary.
Coincident with the publication of the
list of victims came a stirring appeal
from the board of trade to follow up
the battles on land and sea by an in
dustrfal war, as q result Of which the
trade mark Made in Germany or
made in Austria will never be seen
again on goods in any English ware
house or shop. -.
This boycott is endorsed by the whole
press, which calls upon the British
merchants and manufacturers to or
ganize a movement which will end for
ever Germany's supremacy in any
branch of trade.
French Are Advancing.
An official communication issued at
Paris last night states that very large
German forces are crossing the Mouse
between Liege and Namur. The state
ment continues:
THE French army is making a rap
id advance on the Seille river and at
the end OF the day have reached
MOrhange on the other"
A dispatch to the Times from Paris
says that the first point at which the
Germans crossed the French frontier
| was at Cirey-Sur-Vesouse. Since then
there has been continued fighting in
that region until a day or two ago
when it ended in the victorious ad-
| vance of the French forces. who in
| flicted q decisive defeat on the enemy
and drove them back across the from
| tier east of Luneville.
The correspondent says that the
laconic reports Of the French minister
| Of war give little idea Of the des-
perate struggle that occurred around
the handful of villages scattered
along the French border.
Point after point was taken and re-
taken by one side or the other.
| Story of the Fighting.
| He gives the following story of the
fighting at the village Of Badonviller,
as told by the villagers:
THE village was occupied by q bat
| talon OF chasseurS as q covering force
and was prepared for defense by nu-
merous trenches The battle began
| on August 10. The Germans bonn
barded the village, compelling the
| chasseurs to evacuate 1t. The latter
retired on Cellas and afterwards took
i up a position on DOMAIN ridge.
After night fell the Germans In
creased the bombardment and the in
habitants sought refuge in cellars, as
a continuous rain OF shells kept
wrecking the houses and setting them
afire. 1t was a terrible night Wom-
en- fell on their knees and prayed
while children cried piteously
"The chasseurs retired defendina
every house foot by foot and makine
the Germans feel their fire. The sun
rose on a village in ruins. It had been
under bombardment fifteen hours
When the Germans entered they fired
first on all tho windows and down
Iloopholes into cellars. No corner was