Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-23
Possession of Position on
Straits of Dover Gives
Kaiser Vantage
GERMAN ARMIES
OVERRUN BELGIUM
PrmSsianS are Sweeping Toward
French Frontier, While \amur
Is Subjected to Terrific
Artillery Fire.

London, Aug. 22-The Germans
have occupied Ostend and Bruges
Client was captured yesterday.
The Chronicle prints dispatch
from Folkestone saying passengers
arriving there from Ostend report
that German patrols were IN tha'
Belgian seaport last Friday.
at is hard to believe, said
Chronicle correspondent, tina the
Germans are really occupying a po-
siticn on the straits of Dover across
from the English course. Whea we
left Ostend the Germans were al
ready in the outskirts. II was eX-
peeted that they were TO occupy the
city by the time our steamer reached
England.
"All foreigners We're ordered to
leave Ostend yesterday. All govern
| ment offices were closed. The peo-
pie were in panic"
Apparently without serious check
the German advance is sweep
sweepiak through Belgium. Follow
ing through Belgium. Follow
of Emperor William are forcing their
way steadily and rapidly to the north
and west Theplan appears to be TO
overrun the whole of northern and
weston Belgium.
At the same time, the Germans APP
pear to be drawing closer to the
French frontier. Southeast of Brus-
sells they are investing Namur on the
Meuse.
With large bodies of German troops
pouring toward the west contact
must soon be joined with the main
allied forces whose movements are
shrouded in mystery.
Belgium German Province.
The German army will then find it
self facing its chief opponents and
great battle which must have siren
uous effect on the future of the war
will probably ebb and flow for sever
al days before a decision is reach
ed.
All northern Belgium is a German
province, temporarily, at least.
No opposition was offered to the
Germans at Client, Ostend or Bruges.
At Ostend every preparation was
made to render the town open. The
civic guard was disbanded. Four
thousand volunteers were removed
from the fort.
The rapiditv to tho German move
ment throughout Belgium is due in
a measure to the failure of the retir-
ing Belgians to destroy railroads and
bridges behind them.
Details of the fighting now going
on dribble in slowly. German artil-
lery is said to be directing terrible
fire at the Namur forts, where all
the terrible scenes incident to the as
sault On Liege are being re-enacted.
simultaneously a big force of Ger
man troops, apparently the main
German army in Belgium, is said to
be driving through the gap between
Mons and Charleroi.
Summon Last Reserves.
Seven thousands Austrians are re-
ported to have arrived at Strassburg
for the defense of that fortress.
Both Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary have called the Lanstrum, their
last reserve of troops, to the colors.
If tho news of great Servian vic
tory, which comes from many sources
be true, Austria-Hungary, which
must be realigned under the smash
ing blow delivered by her small ad-
versary. will need every available
man.
! The Russian army on the eastern
frontier of Germany gradually Is
emerging from the mist and in sucn
| force as will soon demand more at
| tention.
RritOns Warned Against Reports.
The official press bureau this al
ternooa issued a warning to the pub
lie to bear in mind that for practl-
cal purposes almost all information
official or unofficial. concerning the
progress of the land operation, comes
at present from the side of the al
lies. The official statement con-
tinues:
every little news filters in from
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