Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-07
Entire Battalions Complete ly Blotted Out in Desper-
 ate 36- Hour Battle.
BELGIAN MINES
 DESTROY HUNDREDS
Doubt Entertained That l.iegc Can Withstand Another Day of Such counter Another Wall Behind
 the City.

Brussels, Aug 6.-The bloodiest battle thus far of the general Euro- pean war is still on at Liege, where the little Belgian army is defying the legions of Germany. For 36 hours the forces of Liege have withstocd the deadly fire of Krupp guns, the as- sault of the vast and bravest infal- try of the German army and the various forms of attack of the Ger man master of war.
 The fighting today was especially desperate and deadly. Whole battali- ons of infantry and whole squadrons of cavalry were utterly plotted out in charge and counter charge. The bravery of the German troops in their repeated assaults was matched only by the bravery Of the Be1gians, who met every charge aad when 1t had been repulsed, made counter charge.
 Tonight there is doubt how much longer Liege can hold Out. Two of the outer forts have been taken by the Germans. Taken at an appalling loss, taken in a hand-to-hand with bayonets and clubbed rifles after hours of terrible cannonading-bu finally taken Now the Belgfans are layg mines and erecting barber wire entanglement, planting ma. chine guns where they command approaches to the inner forts. and preparing for the struggle of tomor- row, every one feels, will be worse than that of today.
 The German line of attack covered the whole front of the chain of forts which defended Liege.
 There is said to be an army of 100000 Germans now before the stubborn little city, and they are hammering unmercifully with big Krupp guns pouring steamers of lead from machine guns and making every desperate effort to redeem them- selves for the disastrous defeat that they met yesterday.
 Mines Kill Hundreds.
 The worst single disaster that be- fell the Germans was the blowing up of several whole battalions of the ten army corps by the explosion of field of mines, while they were charg- ing. fort. Twelve hundred wounded Germans were picked up off the field after the explosion, and the killed must have numbered hundreds.
 The advancing force consisted of an advance guard of cavalry, body of infantry and light artillery, and rear guard of cavalry in front and rear escaped, but the whole mass of infantry and artillery was e1gulfed.
 The capture of the two forts was an exhibition of pluck and bravery on both sides. The Belgians fought their guns until the German artillery had disabled them. Instead of fall- ing back, the Belgians stood by their silent guns and when the Germans charged, the BelgiaAs met them with bayonets and clubbed rifles.
 Depend on French .A1d.
 It is a question, how much longer the other forces of Liege can hold out unless the French come quickly to their aid, but their stubborn stand has done it's work. 1t was meant. from the first. to delay rather than give any actual defeat to the advance. ing army. If the Germans should pour over athe breastworks in the morning and take the city. they would find, instead of clear, open and easy road into the udefeded orthera province of France, in strik- ing distance of Paris. entrenched camp oily twenty miles away, which they will find even harder to take than has been Liege.
 Continued from Page 5.)
 - $ a