Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-21
Apparently Moving Against Lea"
vain and Brussels.
STILL BOMBiRDIHG FORTS
May Precipitate a General Bat
tie With the Allies.
The German advance became mere


pronounced and general in Belgium.
Their infantry is advancing III tie
direction of Tongress and st. Tr": |,
and another attack is expected II ,
direction of Diest and Aerschot ~
the northeast of Brussels, by ScYcr.l
army corps.
The German troops are marcLiL5
on front stretching from st. Tro4l
to Hasselt. Their cavalry occupies
a position to the right of Hasselt.
Formidable refensive works have
been erected by the Belgians around
Namur. TO obviate any prete:.t for
reprisals on the part OF the Germans,
the inhabitants of Namur are being
disarmed.
Several army corps, each numbering
about 10000 men, total OF probably
$4,000 to $4,000, are in the German
movement. Their line extends from
st. Trond to Hasselt, with the cavalry
to the right of Hasselt.
German forces pushed their way
westward through Belgium to Win.
CHE. This is ten miles from LouVain,
the Belgian army concentration point
and only twenty-six miles from Brus'
sells.
Severe outpost fighting continued
at Diest and other points to the north
west and west OF Leige, adjacent to
the battlefield of IIaelcn.
Sound of Battle Heard in Brussels
Despite the Belgian official reports
that the Germans were badly defea.
ted on Wednesday at Eac.en and Di-
est, it appears that the rapllse was
only temporary, for the kaiser's for.
ces held some Of tha n5isian defence
work at Diest, and the sounds OF bat
tie were heard in Brussels, so near
had the fighting approached the Bel.
gian capital.
A report from Amsterdam added to
the evidence that the Germans were
pushing their plans Of invasion stead
lily. This said that the mayor of AK
la Chappelle had announced that large
bodies OF troops passed through that
city.
1t was officially announced in Paris
that large force OF French troops
had entered Belgium and were taking
up positions at Gcnb!ouy, ten miles
northwest Of Namur.
Brussels seems to fear that great
body oi Germans is moving northwest
toward Antwerp. The German ad-
vance is within thir;y-L miles OF
that important seaport. il their posi-
ton at Diest. From that point appar.
emily the Germans eXter southwark
in two lines, one southc-st, through
Liegc and Veryiers, AM the othe:
southwest toward Namur.
For three days, it no. appears,
there has been severe fl .1g in and
around Diest and Haelen. Following
the battle OF Haelen, in VIII, ch the Bel.
gians say the Germans lst several
thousand of the 10000 mcl engaged
against 1000 Belsians, tie German
cavalry appears to have pushed back
the Belgians. They occupied the an.
cient fortress at Diest and other de-
fensiVe works. A Belgian official an
rouncement said the fortress had been
retaken from the Germans.
Despite this advance the Belgian
was Office reiterated that the Belgian3
had all the advantage in the fighting
there and at Tirlemont, Hasselt, st.
Trond and to the east of Louvain.
Brussels also reported the rout of
400 Germans in Brabant province of
east Of Lcuvain.
One inter sting report coming to
London, but lacking confirmation, wa
that General Won Emmich, who com.
lnanded the Germans at Liege, was
dead. Another was that a brother CT
the former German Chancellor Won
BueioW was killed in the fighting at
Liege.
Eor1baronent OF Forts Continues.
The bombardment of the Liege forts
continues, but with what success is
not certain. Cologne had report
that fort had been taken by the Ger
mans, but this was denied in Brussels.
1t developed that the batteries had
been removed from one side of the
city aad the fire concentrated solely
On the forts on the other side.
The cashier of a Liege bank, arriv-
Ing in Brussels, said the treatment Ct
the Inhabitants by tie Germans gave
no special cause fer complaint.
Another point brought out by the
.'a:fare is that air craft have not
proved as valuable as had been hoped.