Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-26
.BELG|ANS MbyE POOR
R[aSIAy'.A1N NAMUR
IoUsLs AND pEFENDERa
QUICKLY EvAcuArE.
GERMAN GUNS SOON
SILENCE TWO FORTS
Screen Of French cavalry-capturs
Of Namur Gives Germans Mastery
Over Meuss Almost az Far as pinans
Both Sides Lose Heavily.

A-OuOOHs aug. ao.-INe IuTlS COrFe-
spondent of the Times. who was on the
battle field earlier In the fighting. says
that he met, = few miles outside OF
Philippeville. q Belgian officer and the
paymaster- general OF Namur. who told
him the town Of Nnmur had been occu-
| pied by the Germans. 1t has been sub
jected to furious bombardment and
the German fire was 70 we'll regulated
that the first few shots silenccd Fort
Marchovelette, on the northeast, and
Fort Mniziret on the east. Fort Andoy
| also suffered badly and was almost out
Of action. The story continued:
THE Germans entered the town with
out much resistance. Fort Dave. at the
southeast OF the town. and Fort Wop-
ion. on the opposite side of the Meuse.
and the line Of forts to the north still
| resist.
Elaborate Preparations Useless.
In spite Of the elaborate prepara-
| tions with wire entanglements, thru
which was passed an electrical current
( of $500 volts, and the liberal use Of
| broken glass, Namur fell into tho hands
| Of the Germans on Sunday.
"The Belgians evacuated the town IN
an orderly manner. All rolling stock
l and motor cars were removed and the
station master left on the last loComo-
! tive with the railroad cash box under
his arm. The Belgian troops. number
ing about 5000. passed under the pPo-
!, lection Of French cavalry screen
within the French ttnes!' g
Win Mastery Over Mouss.
The correspondent adds: Thus the
Germans have done much to win.
mastery over the two banks OF the
Meuse almost as far as Dinant. They.
| however left behind them six Of the
eight forts Of Namur. which It II ex-
pected. will yet cause them considerable
annoyance.
| Later on Sunday the French artil.
lery in it's turn opened f1re on tho
stricken town of Charleroi. The Ger
mans in the earlier stages Of the en-.
gagement had poured their shells on the
! upper part OF the town. The French
now emptied their hail OF shells on the
| lower section Of the town and under
supporting fire OF their artillery the
French infantry advanced slowly in the
face of stubborn resistance on the
town they had just evacuated. retaining
several stations and becoming once
more masters Of the line between Thuin
! (eight miles southwest OF CharleroD.
and MetaN.
| ooth S'des Lose 0eavsiy.
AT In the evening the lighting
ceased. both sides being worn out. On
the next morning before dawn the
trench artillery again pombarded
| Charlerol and once more the troops or
france swarmed the slope toward the
lower part OF the town, recapturlng the
villages OF Chatetiet' 6ouHouix, Mar
chiehne ana Couiliet- Inc hshtinS at
this stage OF the engagement was at
charieroi which was IN the center OF
the actloh is an inoustriai mining dts-
trict and IN the sag heaps OF the sur
rounding country the French iound al
mirabie vantage ground "hlle as IN
upper Alsace the aerfnahs mounted
mitraiileuses In every steepie OF tne
town.
eeIoi.n kim .t Front.
| Paris. Aug PA dispatch to the
Hayas agency from Antwerp saws that
King Albert is at present at the Bel
plan army headonarters which have
heep es,ah,ished at Malines
Two Saxon princes the correspond
selves III tne royaa cha.eau at LaeAei,. .,
lLackGN Is u suburb OIL DTuSScts dI1W