The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-20
Heavy Losses Occur or Both Sides
In Prelim nary Engage
Ments
MANY BELGIAN CHASSEURS
PERISH IN HIDDEN ROAD
Allies Attempting 10 Bar Road of
Advance Near Waterloo n
Force


after protesting against Tire expu!-
sion Of the war correspondents from
the lines of the French and Belgium
armies when they had pro ed thei~
loyalty by preserving as an iuyiclat
secret the great movement which
ended in the British expeditionary
army reinforcing the allies, deals
completely with the events leading
ND to the dramatic abandonment of
Brussels. with the flight OF the Bel
gian court and Government and the
beginning of the struggle which
marks the first stages of this. the
greatest OF wars.
Stead, under an Ostend date, says.
1.-THE outstanding fact is, of
| course, the complete self-abnegation
| OF Belgium. 1t is reported that
those responsible for her welfare
were in tears in the council chamber
| CT the military leaders of three ma
tions when they unhasitatingly
agreed, after spIning Germany's
| offer. to leave the Kingdom intact it|
| she withdrew from the war. Belgium
must lose her pride and allow the
Germans in Brussels tor the good of
| Europe and civilization.
Brussels Held Out As Bait
And so Brussels was held out as
bait, laid cunningly alongside the
line OF advance, which not only has
been The followed in every eat
war of Western Europe. but Which
is singularly adapted to iuflcing
heavy defeat on the German masses.
The great battle really began on
Saturday, when an attack was made
south OF the Mouse or the French
positions near Dinant. This first
attack was without much weight and
was beaten back on Sunday.
"Then began the great attack, the
only possible one left to Germany in
the northern sphere of activity, that
OF striking toward Waterloo and
France. II is idle to say that this
line Is perilous, but Germany has
now only choice of evils. Some
thing must be done and is being
done.
Paris is far away, bat Brussels Is
q capital, and the credit of the mill
itary party at Berlin may be re-
established by her occupation, how
ever futile it is from military
point OF view.
THE Belgian army, With its head |
quarters at Louyain, had occupied a |
line running from neas the Dutch |
frontier south through Diest and |
Tirlemont, TO near Huy. The French |
lay from Dinant and Namur. with
heavy masses at Charleroi.
Fragments Nearly Extelnunated
THE battle began With pushing
forward the heavy cavalry forces
toward Families supported bv IN
fantry and artillery. This force
once in contact with The ReIqiare
practically surrounded aad. SO far n
the advance guards were concerned
nearly eXterminated the shattorod
fragments that retired on the road
leading to Ltege
Probably they fell back on thn;~
massod armies waiting to attac,
This was on Sunday morning. vboro
was no real attack on Diest to
which town the Beleiaas had ro-
tired before the gradual German
pressure and where tho SaI5 of tho
left wing was covering Brussels
On Sunday morning the mab,
German attack began from ST
lFond' passing south Of Trlemont
through the little village Of T,erIp,
toward Wavre. as on Saturday. IN,
cavalry advance had begun IN roooh
cut in this direction. The cavalry