Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-29
.BELGIANS DISCOVER
UHLANS ON THE JOB
Make Sally at Malines and Draw
Fire from Batteries of the
Invaders.
BRAVE DEED OF GENDARME
Correspondent TcIIa How Appear
ance of German CavnIrymen
struck Terror Into Men
of Outpost Guard.
Ry ALENANpEn POWELL.

] ny allen hNbtsE 70" ELL
! NIr. Powell Is the orly correspondent
. In Antwerp who is not a Belgian. He
/ has been officially designated by Bel
giUm as the medium Of communication
! with the American people anG is the only
/ correspondent to accompany The army }
! Copyright. 1914. I-resz publishing Coz
! ANTWERP, Aug. 2S.-(Special Cable
gram TO New York World and Omaha
| Bee.)-The helmeted legions which were
driven out OF Malines Tuesday were re-
inforced yesterday. and before their
overwhelming onset the Belglans surely
gave way, retreating with chins on
shoulder
/ / write of what I saw with my own
eyes. ] had the distin ton Of being the
only American correspondent permitted
! to accompany the forces, the govern
ment placing a military carriage at my
disposal.
BeIeians Make sally.
! Tuesday the Belgians, believing the
German communications to be poorly
guarded and the Brussels garrison too
weak to assist them. rashly sailed from
the shelter Of the Antwerp defenses and
took the offensive like terrier striking
bulldog.
AhNg hIbNt lnt NFtTlndnH IIOUl Names
but the Germans brought Nd a fresh
army corps and yesterday morning the
Belgians found themselves in perilous
position.
The battle hinged on the possession Of
the embankment and was fought along
a three-mile front. 1t began at Dacln
with an artillery duel across the en-
bankmcnt. BY noon the cannonade was
terrific. The Germans got the range
and rain of shrapnel burst about the
Belgian batteries, which limbered up and
retired at trot in perfect order.
Gendnrme's Brave Act.
Through a mistake. two battalions of
carbineers did not receive the order to
retire and were in imminent danger of
destruction To reach them messenger
would have had to traverse mile of
open road swept by shrieking shrapnel.
A colonel summoned 4 gendarmc and
gave him the orders and he set spurs TO
his horse and tore down the road. an
archaic figure in towering bearslSln
II was ride into the Jaws of death.
lie saved his troops, but as they fell
back the German gunners got the range
and dropped shell upon shell into the
running column. Road and fields were
dotted with bodies in Belgian blue.
BY o'clock all the Belgian troops were
withdrawn except a thin screen to cover
the retreat.
was anxious TO witness the German
advance and remained on the railway
embankment on the outskirts of Sempst
after all the Belgians had withdrawn ex-
cept picket of ten men. 1 had my car
waiting with the motor running
/ The Germans pretaced their advance
with terrible fire. The air was filled
with whining shrapnel. Farm houses
collapsed amid puffs OF brown smoke.
The sky was smeared in dozen places
with the smoke OF burning dwellings,
Suddenly soldier crouching beside me-
cried: Les Amemanda; Les Amemanda.'
From a screen of woods along the en-
bankment burst a long line of gray fig
ures hoarsely cheering. At the same mo-
ment 1 heard a splutter OF shots in the
village below me and my chauffeur
screamed: Hurry. for your life. mon
sieur. the Uhlans are upon US"
think l broke the worlds record for
the distance In getting to my car. As
we shot down the road which leads to
Antwerp at fifty miles an hour the
Uhlans entered into the village.