Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-10
Qualifications Thought Inn
pregnable Giving Away
Before Great Gums With
Eight Mile Range; Part of
City in Flames and lnhab-
itants Fleeing.

Rome, Oct 9-The against Great Britain according
to the German newspapers received here will begin by the
end of October, after Antwerp has fallen Belgium will be-
the base of operations against Great Britain they
They add that the minister navy Admiral Tpiz
with Emperor William at the general headquarters has
announced that he will direct the operations Of the German
fleet from aboard his flagship
ANTWERP FALLS
London, Oct TO- (satrday),.The Morning Post says
The official press bureau says is unable to confirm the re-
port.
TOWN IN FLAMES
There every indication that Antwerp is falling, says
the Daily Chronicles Antwerp correspondent in dispatch
dated Thursday possible the town will surrendered
The main streets deserted but there 10000 panicy
people on the quays around the railroad station waiting to
leave The town flames throughout the southern section
and no attempt is being made to quench them
FOUR ASSAULTS REPUISED
Stubborn fighting proceeding before the Antwerp i9a
graphing Friday -Four assaults have been repulsed at the
Number fort at vieuzdieu The bombardment Of the
town appears to be diminishing somewhat in intensity
King Albert previously reported to have lett Ant
werp at the head of portion OF his troops.
MORE HOPEFUL VIEW,
The Daily Teegraphs Rotterdam correspondent says:
"A hopeful prevails here regarding Antwerp Re-
fugee from there declare that not asng German soldier mas
yet entered Antwerp a2-
Count De La Lang the Belgian minister Britain,
he has received OF the reported 1a OF
Antwerp.
full sortie from Antwerp which resulted in the capture Of
5000 Germans and forced the enemy to recros the river
Nethe, abandoning their guns at Linth >
THE STORY OF THE SIEGE.
Antwerp, (via London Oct. 9The Germans on Saturday
spent 16 hours terrific artillery duel in effort to ford the
Nethe The Began held their ground magncenty and with
great sacrifices prevented the Germans from The Ger
evidently unwilling to lose assault and de-
cded widen the beec in the Notifications by bombardng the
forts between the Senne and Sced which unable to
hold out against the steady downpou Of shells
Thus the first line of Antweps defences destroyed
For the the Germans hurying 100000 to
of battle from AxlaChappele and Brussels The Ger
boring hole through the Belgian resistance like the
boring of tunnel through mountain which no mer
,y shown Whatever nterferenc villages churches schools
and factories wiped out with steady precision
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION.
from Brussels Antwerp line Of blackened
ruins Some of including Termonde have been
pletey erased The population fled before the Germans like
American settlers before prairie fire An endless OF
peasants and shopkeepers old and their
loaded in handcarts and anquaed and follow
by countless children dumb pursuing their parents driving
believing CATTLE slowly moving the direction Of Antwerp
cathedral They have difficulty avoiding the
military of guns and automobiles pushing to the
'front.' occasionally they have make way for auances
fastening toward the city with wounded in the fighting
refugees arriving Antwerp cared for by the
civil guards boy and taken the public buildings and
the shops which, contrary to the accepted were
destroyed but temporarily taken by the govern
nen refugees well fed and large numbers OF the child
charge by who caring for them