The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
How Belgian Officers
Escaped from Licgc

ANIN ERR. S"ptcmher ia party
OF Belgian officers wh" were anon.
those "h" escaped from Logo. have.
just reached hcrc one Of them told
'his story 81 their thrilling experiences
We occupied SroHu" between the
forts Chaudtontainc aud EmbourS ",
We're 900 men belonging TO the FIRST bar
TALON OF the thirty fourth line The
order given on the night Of THURSDAY
ana FRIDAY 10 "vacuatc the position.
between the forts never reached us w
therefore remained Isolated amidst III.
German troops. who were bombardin=
th- forts They knew where wc wc,>
Dut they dared not so attack MS be
cause Ia. two forts on our sides wcr.
very near To each other our. position
became daily worse. Wnole columns Of
Germans dchlcd on every side. How
ever. thcE were satisfied now and then
10 send out scouts to nnd out that W.
were sun there Many Of them wero
killed or made prisoners. and we man
aged also TO take much booty.
During eight days and nights We
dsd not sleep. Sometimes one OF our
men feii down with gun I'm hand IN "a
trcnch asleep. Sometimes we remained
more than thirty hours In trench.
Watching and listening. Occasionally
Kind peasants brought us something TO
eat and a glass of beer Happily we
had some cattle left 10 feed our mon
used beer instead of yeast. Notwith-
standing, the spirit Of our mon re-
manned excellent They continually
asked 10 be lighting, and we. The Of
hccrs. had 10 keep them from vcntur-
ing too far.
In the meantime the Germans had
placed their heavy siege guns i'm posi-
lion and bombardcd the forts Chaud-
iohtaine ana EmhourG, and our posi-
ton became mntenahlc. An attempt to
escape Was, perhaps. gong from Chary-
bdis to Scylla, for We had Ia mass
through the German lines. close to the
forest occupied by our friends. who
might have taken us for enemies
we left. however. or Thursday last
week, carly in the morning. and no
sooner had We started than the Ger
mans threw themselves upon us. ono
company was taken prisoners We
were left with abou, 100 men. but
joined by battalion of another rcyi-
mcnt equally strong We marched 10
the valley OF tho ourlhc continually
harasscd by the Gcrmans we reached
the ourthc at Filirf, but found the
bridges destroyed W. succeeded. how
ever. in reaching the other side Of lilo
river, and not knowing what positAkls
ihc enemy occupied We vent i'm SH84
rcction Of HOncclics. There we f,M&i
win tn" Germans. who were makiTr
preparations TO hombarG that fort. We
march 10 the railway bridge OF Val 81.
Lambert.
as VIC had to remain under protcc
l'on OF the forests, VIC Informed thc
iorts of rlamallc who we were. We
Thea Passed along and took simiIai
steps in the nciGhborhnod Of the fort
OF ioiioSnc and i.oncin.
IN INC afternoon the Germans nc
gan to lombard Fort Loncin our no
sifion was extremely critical but we
dccid"d TO make a do spcratc attempt 10
escape. and at night we carried out
our scheme We had 10 rctracc our
steps ana pass along tho forts ot IIol
lognc and Flcmallc. Ultimately. aficr
an encounter with German cavalry.
whom We drove on. ", reached IIoci.
where "" arrived on SATURDAY after
noon We had marched sixteen nours
without one moments rest. cAccpt for
hasty meal
M lloci We learned thai the Eel
gan troops left there tho same morn
Ing and that Germans had already an
pcarcd in the district, We wore there
Tore. compelled to leave at once. aud
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